tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post3416555851867200807..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Pia Tafdrup: Over the Water I Walk (IV) - 1David McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-27177594545502071082009-07-12T18:05:06.980+01:002009-07-12T18:05:06.980+01:00Thanks for your comment, apprentice. It certainly ...Thanks for your comment, apprentice. It certainly would be strange to live in someone else's skin, but I hope you'll enjoy reading some of the translations in this blog. There's quite to choose from - poems, essays, criticism, short stories, plays, excerpts from novels, and more.David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-24644748195708615842009-07-12T16:30:35.050+01:002009-07-12T16:30:35.050+01:00What other way would there be with language. And s...What other way would there be with language. And surely the glory is that we all choose to use the existent system in a different way, subverting when neceassry. <br /><br />What I think is sad is that we are never as at home in any other language as we are in our original tongue. But then nor would we feel good in someone else's skin. <br /><br />I friend pointed me here and as someone with apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784785172285984036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-43824416476945301012009-06-21T14:22:18.434+01:002009-06-21T14:22:18.434+01:00Tafdrup says, above:
"Paradoxically, I must ...Tafdrup says, above:<br /><br />"Paradoxically, I must find my individuality in a language I have taken over. My language is my condition for living."<br /><br />This paradox is interesting. The fact that we have to use a pre-existent system, i.e. one out there, to express our separation from that "out there" and our inner difference is a strange thing.Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com