“The clumsiest literal translation is a thousand times more useful than the prettiest paraphrase.”
Vladimir Nabokov, “Problems of Translation: ‘Onegin’ in English”
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
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Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
“The clumsiest literal translation is a thousand times more useful than the prettiest paraphrase.”
Vladimir Nabokov, “Problems of Translation: ‘Onegin’ in English”
An ArtsJournal Blog