Well I have him in Italian,' said the barber, 'but I don't understand it.'
'There's no reason you should,' replied the priest, 'and here we would pardon the captain if he had not brought to Spain and translated it into Castillian, for he took away a good deal of its original value, which is what all who attempt to translate books of poetry into another language will do as well: no matter the care they use and the skill they show, they will never achieve the quality the verses had in their first birth…
'There's no reason you should,' replied the priest, 'and here we would pardon the captain if he had not brought to Spain and translated it into Castillian, for he took away a good deal of its original value, which is what all who attempt to translate books of poetry into another language will do as well: no matter the care they use and the skill they show, they will never achieve the quality the verses had in their first birth…
( Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra )
[ Don Quixote ]
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