Translation: Howard Shepherd and Dave Shepherd bring a certain je ne sais quoi to their discussion of translation.
Thanks to renaissance247 for the email suggestion of this show topic. (2:33)
Practical problems in translation; “good” and “bad” translation; the importance of accuracy (3:36)
Music bumper from “Foreign Affair” by Brad Wheeler (9:37)
Translating well-known texts: Martin Luther, Rainer Maria Rilke (10:33)
Song: “Strange Day in Mexico” by The Clintons (19:26)
Rude Word of the Week: “shmuck” (23:21)
Music bumper from “Make Me Understand” by Matt Thorpe (26:48)
Unfortunate mistakes in translation (including one on our very website!) (27:45)
Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network and the Ioda Promonet
Theme music by Kick the Cat
time: 36:39
size: 33.6 Mb
rating: PG-13 (Our Rude Word is a rude word in Yiddish, we use some other rude words to discuss it, and we talk about the rudeness of the name of the talk-back link on our website.)
Brad Wheeler
“Foreign Affair” (mp3)
from “The Future Was Yesterday”
(Origin Records)
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