Cast by stultulo

lowkey neither agree nor disagree, because translation is inherently destruction tho? e.g. how are you supposed to translate Вода and Монеты as Water and Coins, but split the translated words such that they emphasize a Yes and No, for example Wa-ter and Co-ins/Mo-ney captures a vanishingly small part of the poetry Something like: “Water—yes—and firmament” and: “Coins—not even—shadows” might be workable, as a liberal translation to English. Am not a translator though, and no one attempts to do such things for this complex and ridiculously beautiful poem (Poem of the End by Marina Tsvetaeva)

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Helios. (@dogofthesun) on X

lowkey agree but please don't do translation a disservice like this. a translation is a transformation and that doesn't inherently mean destruction. once again: i truly understand and share the sentiment, but translation is its own beautiful art.