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more remarkable than they were in fact expected to be
Dec 3, 2006 04:35
18 yrs ago
English term

what the poet does

English to Spanish Art/Literary Linguistics traducci{on
The rhyming sounds rarely add significance because in poems like Le Roman de Renart, which will be the source of my examples, they do not systematically link words related by meaning, but they give an impression of inevitability to the events of the story and a childlike pleasure to the ear. The translator will gain from the rhymes what the poet does, and the challenge of the enterprise for him will be in telling the very same story in the same way with a comparable appearance of ease.
Proposed translations (Spanish)
5 +3 lo que gana/recibe/capta el poeta
4 +2 lo que hace el poeta
5 lo mismo que el poeta

Discussion

Margaret Schroeder Dec 3, 2006:
No typo; the sentence may be a little hard to understand on first reading because of its terseness, but clearly correct. See my explanation below.
kironne Dec 3, 2006:
marisol, could it be a typo? what for that?

Proposed translations

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18 mins
Selected

lo que gana/recibe/capta el poeta

El clave para entender la frase es reconocer que el "does" refiere al "gain" de la primera parte de la frase. O sea, el traductor gana/recibe/capta de la rima lo mismo que lo que ganó/recibió/captó el poeta.

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Note added at 53 mins (2006-12-03 05:29:23 GMT)
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"Does" aquí no significa directamente "hacer" sino que funciona como verbo auxiliar, "he does gain", sin embargo se suprime "gain" para evitar su repetición y se sobreentiende.

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Note added at 19 hrs (2006-12-04 00:25:03 GMT)
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Corrección: LA clave, por supuesto, sorry.
Peer comment(s):
agree Carmen Hernaiz
20 mins
agree garci : "El traductor captará de las rimas lo que el poeta capta..." Es la idea; de acuerdo contigo. Saludos !
4 hrs
agree María Soledad Jorquera
7 hrs
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+2
10 mins

lo que hace el poeta

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Peer comment(s):
agree kironne
6 mins
gracias kironne!
agree Silvia Brandon-Pérez : El traductor de poesía,si es bueno, tiene que volver a rehacer el poema, de modo que logre también lo que hade el poeta...
7 mins
Gracias Silvia!
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1 day 49 mins

lo mismo que el poeta

Tal cual.
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