Yesterday, I shared a poem by Dickinson I found on a Hungarian site. Yep, the poem “How fits his umber coat” was shown in Hungarian. As a matter of fact, two different Hungarian translations were present, so I tossed ’em both into Google translate, and yesterday I also shared the re-translations back into English. As Arte Johnson used to say, “Verrrry interesting.”
Back in late December I found a site with “Glass was the Street - in Tinsel Peril” shown in Russian. It popped up on someone’s blog at LiveJournal.com.
LiveJournal, according to their site “is a unique place where people share their life stories, give advice and exchange ideas.” I ran a search on LiveJournal and found this:
“LiveJournal is a Russian-owned social networking and blogging platform, launched in 1999, where users keep online diaries (journals) and connect with others through communities, comments, and friend lists, historically popular for self-expression, fandoms (like fanfiction), and creating diverse online content.”
The blog with the Dickinson poem was from someone on the site named “Antimerdiem,” HERE. The post included the poem both in English and in Russian. I wondered how the Russian would translate back to English, so I tossed the lines into Google Translate, and here’s what I got.
Of course, I wonder how accurate the re-translation is compared to the Russian. Does anyone out there speak Russian – how true-to-form is the retranslation?
Below left: Dickinson's poem. Below center: The poem in Russian. Below right: The poem re-translated back into English. Click the photos to enlarge.
Back in late December I found a site with “Glass was the Street - in Tinsel Peril” shown in Russian. It popped up on someone’s blog at LiveJournal.com.
LiveJournal, according to their site “is a unique place where people share their life stories, give advice and exchange ideas.” I ran a search on LiveJournal and found this:
“LiveJournal is a Russian-owned social networking and blogging platform, launched in 1999, where users keep online diaries (journals) and connect with others through communities, comments, and friend lists, historically popular for self-expression, fandoms (like fanfiction), and creating diverse online content.”
The blog with the Dickinson poem was from someone on the site named “Antimerdiem,” HERE. The post included the poem both in English and in Russian. I wondered how the Russian would translate back to English, so I tossed the lines into Google Translate, and here’s what I got.
Of course, I wonder how accurate the re-translation is compared to the Russian. Does anyone out there speak Russian – how true-to-form is the retranslation?
Below left: Dickinson's poem. Below center: The poem in Russian. Below right: The poem re-translated back into English. Click the photos to enlarge.
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