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Translation is like a woman

DateTuesday, November 15, 2011 at 07:28PM

You are probably familiar with the following saying by Yevgeny Yevtushenkoby: Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.

I would certainly agree with this, but I think there are two aspects missing, namely:

1)  A truly beautiful woman is also faithful

2)  There are plenty of women who are neither beautiful nor faithful

What do you think?

AuthorMichaela Pschierer-Barnfather | CommentPost a Comment |

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