Korean translation of GR is out

[kelber at mindspring.com]

If only you could move to some parallel universe where it was possible to get Pynchon on the phone and ask his opinion of which word to use.  "I'm so glad you called!" he'd begin ...

LK


-----Original Message-----
>From: Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 12, 2013 2:10 PM
>To: kelber at mindspring.com
>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Korean translation of GR is out
>
>hear hear
>yep, the cover is very very good. Russian publishers weren't that brave, 
>they only stuck a rocket between supergirl's thighs ))
>as for the tormenting ourselves, there's really some point in this, for 
>this is a never-ending quest of fixing something in the translation 
>text. it's a process, not a result per se. we're doomed ))
>an older acquaintance of mine, the Russian translator of Ulysses, has 
>been doing this, I don't know, for the last 30 years or so. a-and there 
>are always those adorable readers who just love the game of "pick a word 
>and kick the translator for using it." we're having it here now on a 
>*slightly* less scale than I had several years ago for re-translating 
>J.D. Salinger
>Mx
>
>On 12.01.2013 22:54, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>> Congratulations, G.  Kudos to all the translators of this difficult work. We English-speaking readers beat ourselves up over not being able to make sense of so much of this book, so the last thing you should do is torment yourself over the quality of your translation.  It's an incredible accomplishment!  And the cover's fantastic.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: G <slowdrop at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Jan 12, 2013 2:57 AM
>>> To: Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com>
>>> Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>> Subject: Re: Korean translation of GR is out
>>>
>>> By yours truly. I'm not satisfied with the quality. I wish I had more time. Anyway, it's priced at about 90 bucks and I don't know how many can afford it.
>>>
>>> 나의 iPhone에서 보냄
>>>
>>> 2013. 1. 12. 오후 4:45 Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com> 작성:
>>>
>>>> wonderful news, thanks
>>>> who did the translation?
>>>> Mx
>>>>
>>>> On 12.01.2013 6:25, Tofuman wrote:
>>>>> and this is the cover.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://tofuman.zerois.net/images/grkrcover.jpg
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