Larry Hammer (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
larryhammer) wrote2011-02-08 07:46 am
larryhammer) wrote2011-02-08 07:46 am
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short shameful confessions
After translating 200-odd poems over the last 15 months, I've come to realize that mediocre poetry is easier to translate than good poetry. The better it is, the more difficult.
Yes, I know, news to no one else. Sometimes I have to bang my head over something hard for a while before recognizing that it is, indeed, a truth.
---L.
Yes, I know, news to no one else. Sometimes I have to bang my head over something hard for a while before recognizing that it is, indeed, a truth.
---L.