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Re: Who James Isn't (was:Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:32:10 GMT
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:56:57 GMT, "Jeff Stembel"
<aulddragon@wamalug.org> wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jasper Janssen writes:
> > That's because the translation is, if you'll pardon the expression, a
> > load of donkey's faeces. It loses the story, and the emotional loading
> > completely.
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> That explains why the two versions are so similar. Same thing happens with
> Japanese songs redone in English.
They sound very similar - but the english loses a few big parts of the
story, and somehow it manages to convey pretty much no emoption at
all.
I suspect the translation was done more on "scanning" well and
sounding similar than on content.
> > I've got one friend who claims to be a descendant (in a direct male
> > line, no less) from Charlemagne. (presumably, along with 50% of
> > Europe..)
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> Wouldn't suprise me if it is true (not the direct part, though). I am
> descended (not directly) from him. 52nd generation, I think. My father has a
> lineage chart that shows it. I'm also related to three or four US presidents.
Well, this particular friend is also mentioned, sideways, in the Dutch
"Blue Book", which is a register of everyone "of noble descent" in the
country. His family lost the title somewfere fairly recently along the
line (presumably a male bastard son was involved somewhere along the
line, or something similar).
Jasper
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