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Praestat vocato a panthera, Non respondera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Old Doggerel, New Tricks | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

...newly hatched self-confidence man decides that Heu is quite good but that Non respondera is not up to snuff as a translation of "Don't anther." Generally, that sort of Nashian distortion is not handled really well, the arbiter elegantiarum decides comfortably, but translations that do not require puns or word twists are sometimes perfect. Exempli gratia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Old Doggerel, New Tricks | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

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