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Old 05-23-2005, 06:33 PM   #19
littlemanpoet
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littlemanpoet is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.littlemanpoet is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.
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Originally Posted by davem
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Let's dig into the text, my friends.
What, & risk undermining the 'Tower'? Shouldn't we rather put away our spades, climb up & look at the Sea?
Me "hoist with my own petard" and all that, eh? Perhaps.

But what I'm asking for is evaluation (to the best of our abilities) whether the Translator Conceit functions at all in a given text or context; and if so, how; and what does it achieve; and what does it not achieve?

If that's tearing apart the tower to see its stones, I'm guilty, but I don't think it's the same thing (since you're only half kidding).
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