{"id":58,"date":"2012-01-28T09:15:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T09:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gentlemantranslator.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2012-01-28T09:15:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T09:15:47","slug":"finishing-the-violet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gentlemantranslator.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/28\/finishing-the-violet\/","title":{"rendered":"Finishing The Violet"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started reading a one-act play by Ferenc Moln\u00e1r, Az ibolya<\/em> (The Violet), a bit over a month ago. There are a few sentences where the grammar defeated me (I have no idea<\/em> what the dative case, as in “I give the book to you<\/strong>“, means in the context of the verb l\u00e1t, to see), but for the most part I had a clear sense of what was going on and what the characters were saying. So, yay me.<\/p>\n

The next step is to go back to the beginning and read through it again, translating as I go. I’m not sure if this will be faster or slower than the first time through\u2014probably slower. I think the first draft will probably take me a month or two, and I’m not sure how long polishing it will take. I do want to finish polishing it before comparing my work to the existing 1929 translation, so I can learn as much as possible from the differences. I expect errors of meaning on my part to be infrequent, although not infrequent enough. I’m more worried initially about stylistic clumsiness, but I’m fairly confident that with time and practice I can develop a good balance between fidelity to the source language text and naturalness in the translation.<\/p>\n

I don’t often offer myself unqualified congratulations. I consistently fail to live up to my standards (or, equivalently, set standards higher than I’m capable of achieving), so I just want to repeat two words from earlier, this time with extra bonus sincerity:<\/p>\n

Yay me.<\/p>\n

\u0413\u0438\u0434\u0440\u0430 \u043e\u0444\u0438\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/a><\/p>\n

\u0413\u0438\u0434\u0440\u0430 \u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442 tor.hydra2w3b.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\u0413\u0438\u0434\u0440\u0430 \u0437\u0435\u0440\u043a\u0430\u043b\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0447\u0435\u0435 \u0437\u0435\u0440\u043a\u0430\u043b\u043e \u0413\u0438\u0434\u0440\u0430<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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