And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.
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tea time reads book club october pick → babel by r.f. kuang
“i think translation can be much harder than original composition in many ways. the poet is free to say whatever he likes, you see – he can choose from any number of linguistic tricks in the language he’s composing in. word choice, word order, sound – they all matter, and without any one of them the whole thing falls apart. that’s why shelley writes that translating poetry is about as wise as casting a violet into a crucible. so the translator needs to be translator, literary critic, and poet all at once – he must read the original well enough to understand all the machinery at play, to convey its meaning with as much accuracy as possible, then rearrange the translated meaning into an aesthetically pleasing structure in the target language that, by his judgment, matches the original. the poet runs untrammeled across the meadow. the translator dances in shackles.”
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Manu Ríos | 🌞🌞🌞 | In Cancun, Mexico | April 18, 2024 | 📷 IG
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@sanktalina's edit exchange — for @dallaswinstons
— No, it wasn't the end. It was a better beginning.
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these violent delights, micah nemerever
“All they were—all they had ever been—was a pair of sunflowers who each believed the other was the sun.”
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MAKE ME CHOOSE — @dajis asked heartstopper or the seven husbands of evelyn hugo or nora holleran
nora is the cool brainy one, the one who makes inappropriate jokes on twitter about whatever sci-fi show everyone’s watching, a bar trivia team ringer.
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chapters net presents its next event: dynamics. february is the month of love, so we want to celebrate all our favorite relationships this month, both romantic and platonic. whether you make an edit for your otp or your favorite friendship, we can’t wait to see what you come up with!
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@litofcolournet event 1: characters of colour — bree matthews
And then I unwind her.
One strand for my mother.
One for my father.
One for me.
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