@Hbomberguy Had to do a double take, because I thought it was one of the inflator accounts I follow and then realized it was Hbomb instead. (Happy Pride)
@astryphil@zx_sci_john@smthorother7777@esrtweet@_Zeets They blocked me too for expressing my opinions on why it doesn’t sound great to me. I think they might be in defense mode. There are a lot of awful Maga people attacking Wilson, so I kinda get it honestly. Wilson’s framework for translation actually sounds interesting to me.
@astryphil@zx_sci_john@smthorother7777@esrtweet@_Zeets I guess I see that. I think I viscerally reacted to it because someone said it was in IP and I had to do a double take because there seemed to be no rhythm to the writing. I appreciate Wilson for making it accessible in plain English, but it still feels aesthetically off to me.
@zx_sci_john@smthorother7777@esrtweet@_Zeets Even if you arrange the lines properly it’s not good iambic pentameter. The stress on certain words is off. Makes it hard to hear the meter in your head because it doesn’t flow as naturally. This could still just be cherry picked I guess. I haven’t read the rest of it.
@thechrislambert @goulderas @megaballs45 That’s a pretty extreme subtlety of translation. I think what people are objecting to is the way Wilson’s writing doesn’t flow naturally. It might just be the line breaks in the example, but it sounds awkward despite being modern English. “Find the Beginning” especially hurts
@KyleGHistory@tomabella@megaballs45 “Start from where you will” sounds to me like “muse, start telling the tale where you think is best” in context. It implies continuity of history very naturally since beginnings are often arbitrary.
“Find the beginning” is not a recognizable turn of phrase.
@QueerMajority@ArminNavabi This is disgusting pink-washing. You do not represent queer people if you support the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians.