Re: NATLANG/TRANS/ETC: The Daode Jing (Tao Te Ching) of Laozi (Lao Tzu)

John opines:

>J Y S Czhang scripsit:
>
>  > http://www.hku.hk/philodep/courses/EWEthics/ttc.htm
>
>I gotta say, I think this translation is absolutely detestable: it makes
>"words easy to understand" into impenetrable and cacophonous jargon.
I quite agree. I don't think it resonates on a literal translation
level, a slightly-more-liberal-but-more-artistically-friendly-English
translation level, or any combination thereof. And it certainly
doesn't capture the zing of the original. What the hell is
'deem-acting"?

Kou

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