http://www.mdcclv.com/log/2008/09/14/dfw/ 'Cause my head's a dictionary / Of long spring days and the speech of crows Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:45:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.mdcclv.com/log/2008/09/14/dfw/comment-page-1/#comment-2300 Aidan Kehoe Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:44:08 +0000 http://www.mdcclv.com/log/?p=52#comment-2300 I love William Weaver’s translations of Umberto Eco’s books, and I always wonder exactly how they come across in Italian, a language I don’t speak and have no particular interest in learning. Eco’s own style in written English is less erudite, it seems less comfortable with the belles-lettres corner of the language. Have you attacked any of Eco’s stuff in Italian? I love William Weaver’s translations of Umberto Eco’s books, and I always wonder exactly how they come across in Italian, a language I don’t speak and have no particular interest in learning. Eco’s own style in written English is less erudite, it seems less comfortable with the belles-lettres corner of the language. Have you attacked any of Eco’s stuff in Italian?

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