“Whitman in China” (Publication, 1983)
Year
1983
Text
Kuebrich, David. Whitman in China. In : Walt Whitman quarterly review ; vol. 1, no 2 (1983).
http://www.whitmanarchive.org/criticism/wwqr/pdf/anc.00366.pdf. (WhiW2)
http://www.whitmanarchive.org/criticism/wwqr/pdf/anc.00366.pdf. (WhiW2)
Type
Publication
Mentioned People (1)
Whitman, Walt
(Long Island, New York 1819-1892 Camden, N.J.) : Dichter, Schriftsteller, Journalist
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
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References / Sources
Chronology Entries (1)
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| 1 | 1983 |
Discussion of David Kuebrich with Zhao Luorui. Zhao rejects the idea of a free translation in favor of being as faithful as possible to the original. Striving for a meticulous fidelity to both Walt Whitman's content and style, she revises repeatedly in search of a judicious blend of accuracy, fluency, and what she speaks of as 'idiomatic grasp'. Commenting on the relative difficulty of translating Whitman, Zhao says that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was 'easy'. T.S. Eliot lent himself to a rather literal translation ; Henry James was 'very difficult', but Whitman is 'impossible'. |
Cited by (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 2000- | Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich | Organisation / AOI |
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