tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post7503938812858458650..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: Echoes of Don QuixoteMichael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-75978966467815925162009-09-05T20:58:24.766-07:002009-09-05T20:58:24.766-07:00I challenge you, M5K, to select your favorite bits...I challenge you, M5K, to select your favorite bits from all the translations to create an all-star mashup of the first graph.Epistemz Dialektixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02154360341533079869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-60227813437920618502009-09-05T20:56:32.874-07:002009-09-05T20:56:32.874-07:00Here is my attempt (following the quiz rules):
Som...Here is my attempt (following the quiz rules):<br />Somewhere in The Stain whose name I dont want to remember, not long ago lived one of those nobles of steel pitch, old dagger, skinny thing and some sort of runner. A pot of more cow than meaty, spotty most nights, pains and fractures on Saturdays, lentils on Fridays and some kind of pigeon on Sundays made up seventy-five percent of his estate.Epistemz Dialektixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02154360341533079869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-43242227244009900072009-09-05T09:47:45.667-07:002009-09-05T09:47:45.667-07:00Ah yes, imagine if Leviticus were put to this same...Ah yes, imagine if Leviticus were put to this same test . . . <br /><br />And yet more evidence that Mrs. 5000 needs a guest commentator role beyond the comments:<br /><br />"The equation of bacon and abstinence has, it seems to me, the potential to revolutionize our approach to sex ed." <br /><br />I'm laughing. So. Hard. And plotting how to outfit teenagers country-wide with "bacon belts."Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274259856710507938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-39839829245652173692009-09-04T10:48:41.656-07:002009-09-04T10:48:41.656-07:00The Spanish (1944 edition from Editorial Juventud)...The Spanish (1944 edition from Editorial Juventud):<br />1st few lines: En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivía un hidlago de los de lanza en astillero, adarga antigua, rocín flaco y galgo corredor. Una olla de algo más de vaca que carnero, salpicón las más noches, duelos y quebrantos los sábados, lantejas los viernes, algún palomino de añadidura los domingos, consumían las tres partes de su hacienda. <br />(There is a footnote to the effect that all of the description of DQ's daily life shows his middling economic standing, and that the duelos and quebrantos were "perhaps the offal of the animal (head, feet, trotter, entrails) or maybe eggs with bacon; what is certain is that it was humble folks' food." [translation mine])<br /><br />First sentence of Chapter 12:<br />Estando en esto, llegó otro mozo de los que les traían del aldea el bastimiento, y dijo:<br /> --?Sabéis lo que pasa en el lugar, compañeros?<br /><br />If I get bored maybe I'll do an interlinear gloss on my blog later today. I'll let you know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-4221349433037212712009-09-03T11:44:17.262-07:002009-09-03T11:44:17.262-07:00There's a Smollett translation from 1986? Wild...There's a Smollett translation from 1986? Wild.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09075041892999096779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-9797832920259221332009-09-03T07:44:40.967-07:002009-09-03T07:44:40.967-07:00Elaine, the correct Spanish spelling would be Grin...Elaine, the correct Spanish spelling would be Gringuísima, but none of my non-Spanish speaking friends could pronounce that, so I anglo-italocized it for easy consumption.Christine M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13673973522206470114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-16194027066815160632009-09-02T20:27:35.528-07:002009-09-02T20:27:35.528-07:00Gringissima,
How are ;you pronounced? Because, un...Gringissima,<br />How are ;you pronounced? Because, unless there is a U after the 2nd G,<br />I have to say, "Lah green-HEE-seemah" for that spelling.<br /><br />But it HAS been a long time since HS.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-59193310920872111592009-09-02T12:10:45.493-07:002009-09-02T12:10:45.493-07:00"...when we were checking out The Golden Ass...."...when we were checking out The Golden Ass..." I love it!<br /><br />How did Jarvis get more sheep meat than beef, when everyone else got the opposite?<br /><br />Entertaining post!Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415787787176723318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-20661830307338251542009-09-02T09:37:29.680-07:002009-09-02T09:37:29.680-07:00I would indeed love to see the Spanish. I'm es...I would indeed love to see the Spanish. I'm especially curious about the magical phrase that gets translated as gripes and grumblings, griefs and groans, Eggs and Bacon, collops and eggs, scraps, or eggs and abstinence. <br /><br />The equation of bacon and abstinence has, it seems to me, the potential to revolutionize our approach to sex ed.mrs.5000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-57693541284963372532009-09-02T04:54:24.681-07:002009-09-02T04:54:24.681-07:00Hmm. I'm going to have to find the Spanish ori...Hmm. I'm going to have to find the Spanish original now and see how it compares to these translations.Christine M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13673973522206470114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-64945493953380333652009-09-02T00:54:51.176-07:002009-09-02T00:54:51.176-07:00I really enjoyed these! Imagine the layers of cha...I really enjoyed these! Imagine the layers of challenge--archaic language; disused words; names of items no longer made/used/thought of; and the stricture of preserving the style (no longer fashionable.) Ow, ow. Imagining that has made my head hurt!<br /><br />At the end of the week we're headed out for a trip--17 days. Will miss the blog, the quizzes, and the comments! Please, M5000, have lots of GEOGRAPHY and even SPORTS questions! (I won't be as sorry to miss those!)Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.com