July 28th, 2010 / 4:57 pm
 Random & Snippets
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“Published in the future.” (“A screaming comes across the sky,” translated 56 times. Here.) Also, hey. I’m reading Against the Day.

23 Comments

  1. July 28th, 2010 / 4:58 pm Matthew Simmons—

      “Call me Ishmael,” becomes “My name is Ismail,” ruining the wonderful ambiguity of the original.

  2. July 28th, 2010 / 5:50 pm Ken Baumann—
  3. July 28th, 2010 / 6:04 pm Jim—

      Went from “I would like to quit my job” to “I went to work.”

      Nice.

  4. July 28th, 2010 / 6:06 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Perfect translation, there.

  5. July 28th, 2010 / 6:44 pm marshall—

      llamadme Ismael

  6. July 28th, 2010 / 7:00 pm lalitree—

      I loved Against The Day.

  7. July 28th, 2010 / 8:01 pm Matthew Simmons—

      The first chapter is really fantastic.

  8. July 28th, 2010 / 8:45 pm zusya17—

      it gets ‘holy crap. serious.’ pretty quickly

  9. July 28th, 2010 / 8:58 pm Matthew Simmons—

      “Call me Ishmael,” becomes “My name is Ismail,” ruining the wonderful ambiguity of the original.

  10. July 28th, 2010 / 9:43 pm MG—

      Q: “What is my name?”

      A: “Name.”

  11. July 28th, 2010 / 9:50 pm Ken Baumann—
  12. July 28th, 2010 / 10:04 pm Jim—

      Went from “I would like to quit my job” to “I went to work.”

      Nice.

  13. July 28th, 2010 / 10:06 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Perfect translation, there.

  14. July 28th, 2010 / 10:44 pm Guest—

      llamadme Ismael

  15. July 28th, 2010 / 10:49 pm Daniel—

      Not all of it works, but holy-fuck-the-parts-that-do.

      Have fun, Matt.

  16. July 28th, 2010 / 10:52 pm d—

      The antenna was successful.

  17. July 28th, 2010 / 11:00 pm lalitree—

      I loved Against The Day.

  18. July 29th, 2010 / 12:01 am Matthew Simmons—

      The first chapter is really fantastic.

  19. July 29th, 2010 / 1:43 am MG—

      Q: “What is my name?”

      A: “Name.”

  20. July 29th, 2010 / 2:49 am Daniel—

      Not all of it works, but holy-fuck-the-parts-that-do.

      Have fun, Matt.

  21. July 29th, 2010 / 2:52 am d—

      The antenna was successful.

  22. July 29th, 2010 / 10:23 am lalitree—

      Yep, what Daniel said.

  23. July 29th, 2010 / 2:23 pm lalitree—

      Yep, what Daniel said.