tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post3018685435739921195..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: "Towards a Culture of Translation" Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-40814182265096802342013-04-04T10:36:31.140-05:002013-04-04T10:36:31.140-05:00I was disappointed he didn't like my book more...I was disappointed he didn't like my book more. I think that "mechanical" aspect comes from his insistence on only one theory of translation and his painting of everything else with a broad brush. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-29761580746128953782013-04-04T00:30:25.306-05:002013-04-04T00:30:25.306-05:00Venuti is like an engineer or something. He says h...Venuti is like an engineer or something. He says he wants things to be theoretical but really he wants them to be mechanical ... this is my impression from some other things he has written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-29268305514263282712013-04-03T23:20:38.479-05:002013-04-03T23:20:38.479-05:00One is irritated by Venuti because of that flurry ...One is irritated by Venuti because of that flurry of bullying questions. It becomes pure rhetoric there, no real questions, and the last one you quote is just the final bit of bullying.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-29751357013658963762013-04-03T12:27:02.308-05:002013-04-03T12:27:02.308-05:00Yes. That is irritating. I should have indicated t...Yes. That is irritating. I should have indicated that the paragraph doesn't end there. That's just where I cut it off arbitrarily. <br /><br />If I said a poem didn't knock my socks off, you wouldn't say. "But what about a culture that wears no socks?"<br /><br />Clearly a poem that impressed Emily might impress me too. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-36405255079447705012013-04-03T11:32:11.617-05:002013-04-03T11:32:11.617-05:00Pretending to misunderstand the editor's comme...Pretending to misunderstand the editor's comment (which plainly meant "I didn't like it", not "Dickinson wouldn't have liked it") is irritating. Ending with a rhetorical question which anticipates a No, but to which the answer is plainly Yes, suggests he let his own irritation get the better of his intelligence.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.com