ext_284318 ([identity profile] phoenixsansfyr.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] brightlotusmoon 2012-08-20 01:28 am (UTC)

Yay misogyny (not)...

I've read the Biblia Sacra Vulgata, when I was more versed in Latin. It and the King James aren't far off from each other, but even the Revised Standard is far enough from that it's ridiculous. And yes, you get a man translating a woman's words, you get a lot lost in translation - just a little googling about Beauvoir will tell you how much of her philosophy was initially lost because her words were translated by a male not even in the same field she was in...

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