'Modern Language Translation' for free. Can anyone suggest a website that I could download the play from.
Thanks.
2007-01-05 04:03:12 · 8 answers · asked by Joe M 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
www.sparknotes.com
They put the modern-day next to the original, so you can read them both line by line.
2007-01-05 12:17:50 · answer #1 · answered by Nat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "modern language translation" could be many different things. The copy you're reading has almost certainly already had its spelling modernized; I find the original First Folio copy very hard to read and I've been reading Shakespeare for years.
At the other end of the scale, there's a complete retranslation of the story into modern terms. The movie Forbidden Planet does that; it takes it, rewrites the language, and sets it in space.
You're probably looking for something in between: a line-by-line rewrite in modern language. Amazon has editions like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Tempest-Shakespeare-Made-Easy/dp/0812036034/sr=1-1/qid=1168024439/ref=sr_1_1/103-1813472-5561412?ie=UTF8&s=books
but not for free. You're unlikely to find something like that available for free online.
I wish I could recommend a good film version of the play. The words would mean a lot more if you could see them performed by an actor, whose voice and motion would tell you a lot more than a simple translation. Unfortunately, none of the film versions are very good. The BBC/Time Life version is boring, and the 1979 Jarman version is too sexualized for a high-school student.
So my best suggestion is to start with the Cliff's notes or other notes (some of which are available online) to get an understanding of the story. You're reading Shakespeare for the sound of the language, not the story (which is actually kind of stupid, and that's one of the better stories among his comedies).
Once you have an understanding of what's going on, try reading the play out loud. Some of the passages are particularly magnificent. Start with Prospero's final speech; it's one of the finest Shakespeare wrote.
2007-01-05 06:23:48 · answer #2 · answered by jfengel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it incredibly is written in English, so a "translation" should not be mandatory. collectively as you're having complication with guy or woman words or words, your interior attain (or college) library might have a chain of Alexander Schmidt's very astounding Shakespearean Lexicons; use them only like a dictionary. hint: those subjects is a lot much less annoying to draw close in case you study it out loud. Get some classmates at the same time, assign roles, and have a blast.
2016-10-30 02:00:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's written in English, so a "translation" shouldn't be necessary. If you're having trouble with individual words or phrases, your local (or school) library should have a set of Alexander Schmidt's very excellent Shakespearean Lexicons; use them just like a dictionary.
Hint: this stuff is much easier to grasp if you read it out loud. Get a few classmates together, assign roles, and have a blast.
2007-01-05 07:01:09 · answer #4 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're interested and you're in/near London, The Tempest is coming to the Novello Theatre from Feb 22nd, starring Patrick Stewart.
2007-01-05 04:29:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/tempest/index.html
Part of the joy and understanding of Will, is in the translation. Spend some time looking through and translating as you go. Its not as difficult as you might think.
2007-01-05 04:18:32 · answer #6 · answered by dave 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This site has a dictionary to assist in translation of words we don't recognize or use in today's english.
2007-01-05 04:20:58 · answer #7 · answered by SandyM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use google search for your answer
2007-01-05 04:13:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋