What is it about?
Quite a negative review of Boulanger's translation, which ignores Meschonnic's own preferred rhythm-based method in favor of literalism, which Meschonnic despised. Boulanger's translation has the distinct disadvantage of making Meschonnic sound stupid.
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Why is it important?
It is very easy, reading this translation, to come to the conclusion that Meschonnic was a complete idiot, and not read any further. If the review can forestall that hasty conclusion, it will have served its purpose.
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It took ILL a month to get the French original to me; during that time I was slogging through the text in English, hating it, hating Meschonnic, hating myself for promising to review it--and then, when I was on page 70, the French came, and I was able to read stereoscopically, and discover just how atrociously Boulanger had translated.
Professor Douglas J. Robinson
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
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This page is a summary of: Thinking Meschonnic, The Translator, April 2013, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13556509.2013.10799522.
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