GR translation: Lotta those fags still around

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The word is italicized. Not sure how a translator deals with this in
the published translation, but maybe this is significant. The
denotation (fags =homosexuals) seems obvious enough given the context
and the 175 badges. The italics here seems to place emphasis on the
word. A traditional usage, but the free indirect speech may also
characterize Slothrop, his attitudes toward homosexuals. Does the
italics contrast his attitude toward the African DP and the American
Redneck, an obvious enough allegory for racist America.

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 6:48 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> V289.26-30, P294.5-9   Slothrop wanders into a roofless part of town.
> Old people in black are bat-flittering among the walls. Shops and
> dwellings here are all long-looted by the slave laborers liberated
> from the Dora camp. Lotta those fags still around, with baskets and
> 175 badges out on display, staring moistly from doorways.
>
> Just to make sure, the word "fags" here is used in the homosexual
> sense, right? I'm asking because the published translation treated it
> differently.
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