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...lameness of the dialogue--much of it in stylized rhyme--suggests another problem stemming from the script's unpopularity--bad translation. Though program notes refer the Jens Arup translation to a 1962 edition of Ibsen, the play's diction betrays all the self-conscious "translationese" of the turn of the century--even to the using the word "poesy" for "poetry" here and there. Faced with the need to make lines like "Can you not re-weld the link you tore asunder?" and "Am I to hallmark your complacency?" sound natural, director Holly Swartz takes the logical strategy of stylizing...
...When you speak of the thornier issues, we assume that you refer to the ultimate disposition of what we call the West Bank. Don't you feel that your settlement policy makes a better climate more difficult...
...your introductory story on the Olympics [SPECIAL REPORT, Jan. 30] you refer to the vermin at the new Sarajevo Holiday Inn as a tribe of rats with the instincts of Albanian terrorists. This inexcusable and inaccurate reference to Albanians demonstrates your writer's insensitivity toward a people who have no historical reputation for terrorism...
...petits pas de pluie de chenilles" translates to "with baby steps like a rain of caterpillars," which not only sounds inane but loses the alliteration and onomatopoeia of the original. The English and French versions are on opposing pages so that the reader can concentrate on one version and refer to the other when necessary...
...write in regard to Jean Engelmayer's article "Council Defeats Plan to Force Members to Stay at Meetings." In particular, I refer to her statement. "The lack of attendance at the budget vote and other recent meetings brought back memories of the closing meeting of the Student Assembly...when only 21 members attended...