GR translation: And how they know it

[Mark Kohut]

I think. in his inimitable resonant way, Pynchon does get a double meaning
out of that 'how'...notice the follow-up 'how' implying getting the
knowledge often and under all conditions...
if i'm right, I do not know how translation would capture it---so, more
kudos to you.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 3:57 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> OK, just wanted to make sure.  Thanks, Jochen and Mike.
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> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 4:26 AM, Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk>
> wrote:
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>> Yes it is, read it out loud - it's like "boy, do they know it"
>> They understand it clearly and use that understanding to manipulate their
>> subjects.
>> For me this is one of the great passages in the book - the paranoid
>> element taken as emphasis what precedes it is a magnificent summation of
>> our collusion with the system that enslaves us.
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>> Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote :
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>> > Yes, I think so, too.2016-01-28 8:40 GMT+01:00 Mike Jing <
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