tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723694470723601010.post8775517091223873646..comments2024-01-01T17:31:59.391-06:00Comments on Poems Found in Translation: Review- Poems in Translation: Sappho to ValéryA.Z. Foremanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178150009150360184noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723694470723601010.post-35144364089333484612009-12-13T20:12:46.691-06:002009-12-13T20:12:46.691-06:00For a course on literature from the middle ages, I...For a course on literature from the middle ages, I had to read a translation of the 13th century scandinavian poem "Njals Saga" that was made in the 1920s. The translator used Elizabethan language like 'dost' and 'thou' because I guess it was trendy to translate poetry that way. It makes as much sense to me as translating latin into jamaican slang, but I guess it's a matter of tastes.jacknoreply@blogger.com