The Imaginative Universal

Saturday, November 03, 2007

Madeleine

This is my first public translation effort, other than several fruitless attempts to translate Baudelaire as an undergraduate. This translation is based on Moncrieff's excellent work. I beg your indulgence, and wud, natchrli, appreshi8 ani correkshunz u wud lik 2 offr:

teh siet uv teh littl madeleine had rekalld nuthn 2 my mind b4 i tastd it... prhps bcuz i had so ofn seen such thingz in teh meantiem witowt tastin dem... on teh trez in pastri-cookz windowz... dat ther imaeg had disposezd itzlf frum thoz Combray dayz 2 tak itz plaz among othrz mor recent... prhps bcuz uv thoz memriz... so long abandund n put owt uv mind... nuthn now survivd... evrthn wuz skattrd. teh shaepz uv thingz... incldng dat uv teh lttl skallop-shell uv pastri, so richli senshual undr itz seveer, religuz foldz, wir ithr obliter8d or had bin so long dormnt as 2 hav lost teh pwr uv expanshun wich wud hav allowd dem 2 resuem ther plaz n mi conchuznez. but wen frum a long distnt past nuthn subsitz... aftr teh peepl r ded... aftr teh thingz r brokn n skattrd... tayst n smel aloen... mor fragl but mor endurin... mor unsubstanshl... mor persistnt... mor f8hfl... remain poyzd a long tiem... liek soulz... remembrin... w8in ... hopin ... amid teh ruinz uv all teh rest. n baer unflinchnli... in teh tini n almoz impalpabl drop uv ther essenz... teh vast struktur uv rekollekshun.

tranzlashunz

posted by J Ashley on Saturday, November 03, 2007 12:17:01 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

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Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:02:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

w00t?

Conrad

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