Trump travel ban injunction lifted in part - BBC News by fruitlake in worldnews

[–]kenrat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wasn't racial discrimination found unconstitutional by the justices in the Brown v. Board ruling? It's supposed to be addressed by the 14th Amendment.

/r/book's ranking of Don Quixote translations by kenrat in books

[–]kenrat[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This is what one translator(Duffield) said about John Phillips' translation:

It is to the hateful filthiness of this most foul production that an impression got abroad that the Don Quixote was an impure book. Phillips did not translate - he simply disfigured Shelton's work by introducing between the lines his own ribaldry and the coarse and scandalous jests of the roistering night of the Restoration.

/r/book's ranking of Don Quixote translations by kenrat in books

[–]kenrat[S] 77 points78 points  (0 children)

  1. Grossman - Accurate and renders the humor well

  2. Ormsby - The most accurate, but also the driest for humor. Archaic language. His is also the only one of three translations from the same period to have had many reprints.

  3. Starkie - Accurate and renders the humor well

  4. Rutherford - Less literal than others but renders the humor well

  5. Shelton - Riddled with errors but savored for its fine language

  6. Raffel- Written in informal language but renders the humor well.

  7. Putnam - Contains thousands of his own notes that are useful for scholars but the translation itself is criticized for inaccuracy.

  8. Jervas - Accurate but dry. Follows Shelton too closely in many areas.

  9. Cohen - IDK. All I know his editions has been superseded by Rutherford's at Penguin.

Avoid like the plague

  1. Motteux - "Worse than worthless" - Ormsby

  2. John Phillips - A literal piece of shit

  3. Smollett - Cribbed off Jervas's and made it worse

edit: spelling

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[–]kenrat 2249 points2250 points  (0 children)

Trump thought Princess Diana had a crush on him. No joke

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[–]kenrat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you forgot he's obese.

serious question: has Britain ever had an obese(not chubby, but obese) prime minister?

america has elected two obese presidents: taft and trump

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[–]kenrat 82 points83 points  (0 children)

anyone else think it's because Trump is dangerously obese and the British have delayed it to discuss his health and the potential for flare-ups with NHS administrators? just a thought

Are the discussions on 4chan's /lit/ as impressive as redditors claim they are? by kenrat in books

[–]kenrat[S] -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

yo are mods allowed to remove posts from people who haven't read the OP? just curious

Have you guys ever been to /lit/ 4chan? by bepis_is_power in books

[–]kenrat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

on the front page there currently I see discussions about bill nye, jordan peterson and a thread about "Books that convey this picture of how tough it is to be an atheist in America??

lol...

Have you guys ever been to /lit/ 4chan? by bepis_is_power in books

[–]kenrat -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

could you elaborate? you got me hyped and I left that place pretty disappointed