Re: [BardonPraxis] The polarity of IIH translations

[Newbieonekenhobby <newbieonekenhobby@...>]

Paul, Martin,

Thanks for your posts - I also misunderstood an
instruction in the step one due to a difference of
translation, that Rawn corrected yesterday.

I seriously think of buying the <French> translation
(French is my mother tongue, for the case you haven't
noticed :-) and, although my knowledge of German is
completely rusty, the German one. Lots of redundant
books on my shelves indeed, but this subject is a
special case.

I read with interest in your post that the online
version of the previous translation was available at
rexresearch.com, but I was unable to find it. Would
you be so kind as to give me the exact coordinates ?

A concern : do we face the same problem with the two
subsequents books ?

Many thanks.
Newbie

--- Paul Condran <paulcondran@...> wrote:
> 
> Hello Martin,
> 
> Yes I personally have benefited from having two
> translations. I think
> the old one is out of print, but the copy online
> (rexresearch.com) is
> good enough for comparision.
> 
> Also, I have downloaded this online copy to my PDA
> (which I find very
> useful for keeping ideas, etc in). I am very
> grateful for having a
> digital copy in a different translation! :)
> 
> Paul
> 
> --- "Martin <martincosgrove@...>"
> <martincosgrove@...> wrote:
> > It just occurred to me that it is quite fortuitous
> that two 
> > translations of IIH have been made.
> > 
> > Translation is a big part of my degree and I have
> come to realize 
> > that you could give a fairly simple text to ten
> different 
> > translators and get ten totally different 
> > translations/interpretations back. Now, if the
> text is something as 
> > detailed, involved and at times ambiguous as IIH
> then it is no 
> > wonder that there are key points and sections
> which both English 
> > versions of the book have translated differently.
> > 
> > Obviously, the ideal would be to have German as a
> first language in 
> > order to get 'closest' to the original meaning
> conceived in Bardon's 
> > mind, but the next best thing is to have more than
> one translation 
> > to compare, thus gleaning different shades of
> meaning from each 
> > translation, helping to build a fuller (and
> 'truer') picture of the 
> > underlaying meaning of the original.
> > 
> > The two translations seem to be quite distinct in
> their styles also. 
> > The more recent Merkur verion is more modern and
> freer in its 
> > approach, whereas the older translation, although
> sometimes rather 
> > stilted and 'forced', is likely to be more
> accurate in terms of 
> > details. It seems that the Principle of Duality
> came into play here; 
> > possibly not a coincidence either?
> > 
> > Anyway, I know it's a rather mundane and dry
> point, but I thought it 
> > was worth a mention.
> > 
> > Take care,
> > 
> > Martin
> > 
> > * * *
> > 
> > Jai guru de va om
> > 
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