On Not Translating Hafez

On Not Translating Hafez

The problems encountered by the writer when trying to translate other medieval Persian poets seemed compounded in trying to translate Hafez's ghazals and the frustration leads him to think about the problems. The problems for a translator of a linguistic text are well-recognized and they are of...

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Veröffentlicht in:New England review (1990) 2004, Vol.25 (1/2), p.310-318
1. Verfasser: Davis, Dick
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Sprache:eng
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Authors
Criticism and interpretation
Ghazals
Hafez, Mohammad Shams od-Din
Language
Language translation
Literary criticism
Literary translation
Love poetry
Lyric poetry
Persian language
Poetry
Poets
Praise poetry
Religious poetry
Rhyme
Translations
Translators
Writers
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Zusammenfassung:The problems encountered by the writer when trying to translate other medieval Persian poets seemed compounded in trying to translate Hafez's ghazals and the frustration leads him to think about the problems. The problems for a translator of a linguistic text are well-recognized and they are of two types, the linguistic and the cultural with the two often overlapping.
ISSN:1053-1297
2161-9131