Re: GR translation: but Tchitcherine has been to Närrisch

[Mike Jing]

So why use "has been to" here, and not simply "has secured" or "has found"
for example? What is it meant to imply?

The published translation has it as "has found". Is it accurate? Or am I
worrying too much.



On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 8:35 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> närrisch here is a god, much like Faulkner's Confidence Man.  It is the
> Trickster.  It plays with your mind for its own fun.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 5:46 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> According to Google translate and Collins German-English dictionary,
>> "närrisch" means foolish or mad.
>>
>> Not sure how it answers the question though.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 6:35 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Check out the meaning of NARRISCH.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> > On Dec 3, 2017, at 6:25 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > V563.26-31, P573.14-19   The Schwarzkommando have got to Achtfaden,
>>> but Tchitcherine has been to Närrisch. It cost him Der Springer and three
>>> enlisted men in sick bay with deep bites. One severed artery. Närrisch
>>> trying to go out Audie Murphy style. A knight for a bishop—Närrisch under
>>> narcohypnosis raved about the Holy Circle and the Rocketfin Cross. But the
>>> blacks don’t know what else Närrisch knew:
>>> >
>>> > I thought I might as well finish that third pass.
>>> >
>>> > Something interesting in the first sentence here that I've just
>>> noticed: as I understand it, "has been to" normally refers to places, but
>>> here it's applied to a person, Närrisch. Is this just informality of
>>> speech, or is there more to it than that?
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
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