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Blog Post #8: Translation Exercise
Original text (excerpted song verse): ตื่นขึ้นมาแล้วเธอยังมีพรุ่งนี้ ยังมีวันดีๆ รออยู่ตรงนั้น จ้องมองไปที่แสงตะวัน จะเห็นประกายที่สวยงาม อย่าคิดว่าเธอเดินอยู่ลำพัง อยากให้เธอรู้ว่ายังมีฉัน อย่าเพิ่งยอมแพ้ อย่าเพิ่งท้อแท้ อย่าเพิ่งร้องไห้ Literal translation: wake up come already you to have tomorrow to have day good good | wait be at there gaze go at light sun … Continue reading
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“There’s Hope” Translations (Blog Post #8)
Original “Back when I had a little, I thought that I needed a lot. A little was overrated, but a lot was a little too complicated. You see, zero didn’t satisfy me. A million didn’t make me happy. That’s when … Continue reading
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Spenser’s Faerie Queene Translation
Original: That detestable sight him much amazde, To see th’ unkindly Impes, of heaven accurst, Devoure their dam; on whom while so he gazd, Having all satisfide their bloudy thurst, Their bellies swolne he saw with fulnesse burst, And bowels … Continue reading
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Hamlet, Act II Scene II, lines 280-291, Translation
Original Text: “I have of late—but wherefore I know not—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors. What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me; no, nor woman neither…” First Translation: I have, as of late- I do not know why- lost all my joy and ceased all my physical activities. Yes, this mood of mine … Continue reading
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Blog Post 8 (ASL Poetry Translation)
Above is a video of an American Sign Language poem by Daniel Durant called “Alone.” This poem was originally written in ASL, which means that it was composed of ASL signs and not in written English. One can translate ASL … Continue reading
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The Binding of Isaac
בראשית כב: עקידת יצחק א ויהי אחר הדברים האלה והאלהים נסה את אברהם ויאמר אליו אברהם ויאמר הנני ב ויאמר קח נא את בנך את יחידך אשר אהבת את יצחק ולך לך אל ארץ המריה והעלהו שם לעלה על אחר … Continue reading
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Whose Law is Supreme? (Blog Post #7)
In Antigone law is the code by which people should base their behavior and actions opon. There seems to be several law-makers present who have varying degrees of influence or authority. The main law-makers in Thebes, in order of level of … Continue reading
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Law In Antigone – Patrick
Law in Antigone is the ways by which its subjects are to be obey, yet the characters subscribe to different overarching jurisdictions. The law of the gods that the people follow is that a family must bury their loved ones … Continue reading
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Post #7 – Regina
When the chorus comes in at line 365, they’re exemplifying the greatness of man in relation to the earth, and subsequently contrasting those achievements with the inevitability of death. They start out by listing the physical obstacles man has overcome; … Continue reading
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Blog Post #7
Upon first glance, law in Thebes comes from two difference sources: one unwritten, established by the gods, the other explicit, proclaimed by the new Theban king Kreon. The former has existed for quite a while, governing the everyday lives of … Continue reading
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