Author : Ralph Griffiths
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365346845
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (468 download)
Book Synopsis The Monthly Review, Or Literary Journal, Enlarged, Vol. 97 by : Ralph Griffiths
Download or read book The Monthly Review, Or Literary Journal, Enlarged, Vol. 97 written by Ralph Griffiths and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Monthly Review, or Literary Journal, Enlarged, Vol. 97: From January to April, 1822, Inclusive It may be asked, How does all this apply to the present subject? We answer, That it is closely connected with all translations from classic authors. Those words, which have fallen into so much disgrace with ourselves, were so inter woven not only in the daily and familiar speech but in the most finished and elaborate writings of the antients, that the whole embroidery of their poetry must be picked out 51161 taken to pieces, it it becomes requisite to exclude them. Hence arises the difficulty of translating not only Aristophanes, of whom we have been speakinf, but Catullus, of whom we are about to speak. It is to litt e purpose to say that the senti ment may be transferred, and the language left behind. There is no sentiment without language, and if its language be' altered it is not the same sentunent. Words, therefore, not being independent of ideas, it is evident that a translation conducted on the principle of excluding certain words will leave the sentiment unconveyed, and all the coaxing and intreaties of the translator will not persuade it to migrate. Eve nation in the world has a stock of untranslatable words, but lthey embody the sentiments and peculiarities that are incident to that nation. This is what, we we talk about the enins of a lang e, which more than its moral abitudes swayings influencing its forms of speech. How much, then, must we lose of the distinct and appropriate character of a literature, when we are forbidden to translate its most common and received phraseology? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
