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Thread #58885   Message #934659
Posted By: Wilfried Schaum
16-Apr-03 - 08:52 AM
Thread Name: Who speaks modern Greek? song translation needed
Subject: RE: Who speaks modern Greek? song translation needed
Greko - You're absolutely right. The Greek title hits exactly the German meaning; don't forget that "Me magepse ena omorfo koritsi" is a title here for a song, not its translation. Compared to a poetical text a headline will always be at loss considering charm.
The real problems will come when you try to translate a poem into another language, clinging to rhyme, metre, and words, and to preserve the poetical mood. Since 42 years I'm trying to translate Sappho's short fourliner "Dedyke men ha selanna..." into German, and I'm slowly despairing of the task.

Wilfried