Botchan (Master Darling)
Soseki Natsume Translator · English
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Botchan (Master Darling)
Soseki Natsume Translator · English
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A NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR No translation can expect to equal, much less to excel, the original. The excellence of a translation can only be judged by noting how far it has succeeded in reproducing the original tone, colors, style, the delicacy of sentiment, the force of inert strength, the peculiar expressions native to the language with which the original is written, or whatever is its marked characteristic. The ablest can do no more, and to want more than this will be demanding somethi
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