James Rogers (jetan@ionet.net)
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 07:00:00 -0600
I pass this on as a curiosity:
''When I translated a book, especially hard-boiled detective
novels, like those by Mickey Spillane, from English into
Italian, I often had to do a parody of Italian detective
novels to get the right tone.
"I could not do a literal translation of slang like 'Mr.
Big,' or have the detective say to a cab driver, 'Take me
downtown.' Italian readers would think that the American city
was built like Florence, partly on a hill, with an upper and
lower town. - Umberto Eco
James
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