Re: Introducing Paul Burgess and his radioactive imagination!
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, March 16, 2003, 21:45 |
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En réponse à Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>:
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> Hm? The chapters in Ubik are supposed to begin with fake "advertising
> slogans", except for the last one, which is a slightly altered
> biblical
> quote.
Exactly.
The German translator didn't make the connection.
But translating "Word" as "brandname" is going a bit far :)) , and that's what
Dick was complaining about. A translator should never had made the mistake.
He didn't add
> advertising.
>
Well, he kind of did by misunderstanding the last "slogan" ;))) .
Christophe.
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