El modesto misterio

I decided to read the essay of Jose Manuel Prieto: “La ultima cena del capitalism.”  It is interesting because it is rare to see how a translator could review his own work.  In this essay he talks about the translation of the poem “Epigrama contra Stalin.” I noticed that all his work was a challenge but at the same time he felt proud and honor. To be able to make a coherent and concrete translation I realized that he used a detail description in order to make a coherent work.

It is interesting how a translator feels when translation the work of other author because this is not only a challenge but also an honor. He knew that the poem was also translated to French but he also knew that this version was not good enough compare with the original version. Prieto’s responsibility was to not loose the sense of the poem and try to make it as coherent as the original.