Comments on: The American Reader: 中文版 http://bokane.org/2006/07/31/the-american-reader/ disoriented in the orient Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:26:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Chen1 http://bokane.org/2006/07/31/the-american-reader/#comment-1012 Chen1 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:25:13 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/07/31/the-american-reader/#comment-1012 Thanks, Brendan! I've put the link on my blog. Not as a serious bloger like you, I'm just running a little space to share ideas with some friends, but you are welcome to sheck it out anyway. It's http://chen1aa.spaces.live.com/ Thanks, Brendan! I’ve put the link on my blog. Not as a serious bloger like you, I’m just running a little space to share ideas with some friends, but you are welcome to sheck it out anyway. It’s http://chen1aa.spaces.live.com/

]]> By: Brendan O'Kane http://bokane.org/2006/07/31/the-american-reader/#comment-1009 Brendan O'Kane Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:51:09 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/07/31/the-american-reader/#comment-1009 Prince Roy - aww, c'mon. You know what I mean. The original version of that sentence was "...with Embassy types who weren't members of the China Blog Mafia," but I edited it for length, figuring that it went without saying anyway. Chen1 - I don't mind at all. Thanks for reading - glad you liked it. Adam - I really like reading well-translated things because it means that someone, somewhere, at some point was thinking really hard about the original text. It's one of the reasons that I find Chinese translations of English poetry mostly very disappointing. Prince Roy - aww, c’mon. You know what I mean. The original version of that sentence was “…with Embassy types who weren’t members of the China Blog Mafia,” but I edited it for length, figuring that it went without saying anyway.

Chen1 - I don’t mind at all. Thanks for reading - glad you liked it.

Adam - I really like reading well-translated things because it means that someone, somewhere, at some point was thinking really hard about the original text. It’s one of the reasons that I find Chinese translations of English poetry mostly very disappointing.

]]> By: Adam Morris http://bokane.org/2006/07/31/the-american-reader/#comment-1008 Adam Morris Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:44:34 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/07/31/the-american-reader/#comment-1008 Very, very cool. Plus, it's a pleasure to read something like King's letter in translation, it opens it up in a way that doesn't staying in the target language. Very, very cool.

Plus, it’s a pleasure to read something like King’s letter in translation, it opens it up in a way that doesn’t staying in the target language.

]]> By: Chen1 http://bokane.org/2006/07/31/the-american-reader/#comment-1007 Chen1 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:50:58 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/07/31/the-american-reader/#comment-1007 Hi, Brendon. I really like what I see here. Do you mind if I put a link to your site on my own blog? I like your writing and translating work, very well done indeed. Hi, Brendon. I really like what I see here. Do you mind if I put a link to your site on my own blog? I like your writing and translating work, very well done indeed.

]]> By: Prince Roy http://bokane.org/2006/07/31/the-american-reader/#comment-1005 Prince Roy Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:32:17 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/07/31/the-american-reader/#comment-1005 It suggests that there might actually be a thinking, reasonably cool person working there, which my previous interactions with Embassy types had not given me cause to believe." oh that one really hurts. below the belt, sir. It suggests that there might actually be a thinking, reasonably cool person working there, which my previous interactions with Embassy types had not given me cause to believe.”

oh that one really hurts. below the belt, sir.

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