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Understanding the use of the word "Negress" in the Kilmartin and Cox translation of Solaris
Native speaker here. The most important part that was lost in translation was the rhythm of the prose. Lem's texts at all times have a quality similar to that of a blank verse. Sadly, I think it would ...
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Understanding the use of the word "Negress" in the Kilmartin and Cox translation of Solaris
Here's the original Polish text of this passage (plus half a sentence as the sentence breaks are different in the translation). I highlighted the sentence that was translated as “A giant Negress was ...
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Understanding the use of the word "Negress" in the Kilmartin and Cox translation of Solaris
"You are black? [...] In my country everyone had white skin, so we had to use the shades. My hair were dark so I've been called black"
The paraphrased quote above is from "American ...
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Understanding the use of the word "Negress" in the Kilmartin and Cox translation of Solaris
Literature, at least in one important sense, is holding up a mirror to human nature. And Stanislaw Lem in Solaris is holding up literally a mirror to European society, just as another Polish writer, ...
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