GR translation: Maybe not now.

[David Morris]

Really?  You know English enough to know that isn't translation.  That is
interpretation.

On Thursday, December 1, 2016, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I was probably being unclear. Just to clarify, was Christian referring
> to Pavel's behaviour when he said that? Or is that too much
> interpretation as well?
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > What you want is hermeneutics, not translation.
> >
> > Leave it open. Let the reader decide.
> >
> > 2016-12-01 18:59 GMT+01:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>:
> >>
> >> V519.9-18, P528.2-11   Pavel and Maria meant to have the child. Then
> >> Josef Ombindi and his people started their visiting. They have learned
> >> their vulturehood from the Christian missionaries. They keep lists of
> >> all the women of childbearing age. Any pregnancy is an invitation to
> >> hover, to tune in, to swoop. They will use threats, casuistry,
> >> physical seduction—there’s an arsenal of techniques. Washing-blue is
> >> the abortifacient of choice.
> >>        “The refinery,” suggests Andreas Orukambe.
> >>        “Really? I thought he’d sworn off that.”
> >>        “Maybe not now.” The girl’s brother stares him hard as fists.
> >> Enzian, old bastard, you really are out of touch . . . .
> >>
> >> What does Christian mean by “Maybe not now” here? Is he asking Enzian
> >> to drop the subject?
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