Re: "Lost in translation"

On May 20, 9:47 pm, "jerry_fried...@xxxxxxxxx"
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It means that the translation you're talking about doesn't contain
some aspect of the original. For instance,

"Cassez-vous, cassez-vous, cassez-vous,
O mer, sur vos froids gris cailloux"

lacks the poetry of

"Break, break, break
On thy cold grey stones, O sea."

(The French was invented or quoted by F. Ortmans,

Oh, but it's no illustration for "lost in translation", technical
term. It got a poetry of its own, counter-doggerel in its own right to
the original doggerel, and we should not be leaving it lost in
translation. Mrorms Ortmans is unequivocally and precisely saying the
following:

"Scram, get lost, vamoose all of you,
On thy cold pebbles, O sea".

So either Mrorms Ortmans got lost in translation himherself, of heshe
is a farceur.

Sometimes an expression such as "I think something got lost in
translation" is an understatement for "The translation is terrible",
"You totally failed to understand", etc.

The last one is a new usage whose start approximately corresponds with
the time of release of that blasted movie.

.

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