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[mrissa]

Oh, livejournal, fount of a great many opinions, some of them even informed:

What translation of the Aeneid should I read?

We got some not-so-good news about a family member last night and have some really good social things planned for the weekend, so between those two, I am not feeling all that journally and will probably be quietish for awhile. Unless I'm not.

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[dichroic.livejournal.com]

Yes, him. I confess I never made it all the way through GEB, but I loooove Le Ton Beau. It is about linguistics, poetry, cognitive science, and translatin. And love.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I second this recommendation, even though it broke my brain so that I sometimes trip over translation issues I would never have noticed before. Still worth it.