dus any1 know a site which will translate shakespear scripts in to the language spoken today??
2007-02-18 08:35:28 · 10 answers · asked by adrian h 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/
2007-02-18 08:42:35 · answer #1 · answered by Billy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah sparknotes is great for an easily accessible overview of the plot and thematic structuring of Shakespeare's plays. Start here then sit down with a good annotated copy of the play and read it out loud until you get familiar with the language. Parts of it are genius and to read a modern day translation is about as useful as a chocolate teapot! Watch some productions too (BBC ones are good), that way you get feel for how others have interpretated the play.
2007-02-18 08:48:50 · answer #2 · answered by dandelion 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But there are versions in print that do this already. Check the library. I believe the publisher is "Dover". It's not so simple as just "translating" because it's not a different language. It's still English. But the Dover version of the plays prints the Shakespearean text on one side and the modern-day version on the other.
2007-02-18 11:54:46 · answer #3 · answered by samsona 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sparknotes.com and any sites like that usually have translations.. I'd go for the No Fear Shakespeare books either online or in store... They translate the dialogue so you aren't just reading a basic outline of the story.
2007-02-18 15:20:41 · answer #4 · answered by addictivesong 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No websites that I know of, but this is an amazing book series (very cheap) you can pick them up from your local booksellers and they have page by page translations of ALL the poplar Shakespeare plays.
Best of luck... check out this website:
2007-02-18 09:13:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
80% of Shakespeare is in "language spoken today." Work your way through it. It will deepen your appreciation of the play and broaden your vocabulary.
2007-02-19 06:55:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With all due respect, to you and certainly to "Willie", I suspect that as a Genius, he never got to a point where "interpreting" might be an issue.
I can however offer an anaology. Might this same Q be asked 500 years from now, of our society and culture, in trying to interpret such words as "COOL" and wondering if were were talking about the local temperature?
Steven Wolf
2007-02-18 10:50:45 · answer #7 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
even better, go to your bookstore and look in the Shakespeare section. There are several publishers that have the major plays in a:
Shakespeare/Translation page layout, page by page.
2007-02-18 08:44:50 · answer #8 · answered by Nicnac 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"My only love sprung from my only hate Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me That I must love a loathed enemy" In simple terms, Juliet's freaking out because she's unknowingly fallen in love with the "enemy". "I fear, too early; for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels and expire the term Of a despised life, closed in my breast, By some bile frofeit of untimely death." Romeo's basically saying he has a bad feeling he's going to die.
2016-05-24 03:42:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
English is a language spoken today.
Give it a chance; it's really not all that difficult.
2007-02-18 09:06:45 · answer #10 · answered by shkspr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋