2007-03-13 10:52:14 · 10 answers · asked by edd 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Yes. Read Rumi and Cavafy and you'll see they sound superb in English.
2007-03-13 14:19:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually no, at least not in my case. i mean, im iranian my mother tongue is persian. my english is ok, i guess!!! lol
the persian literature is very strong with hundreds of outstanding poets over the past few millenniums. they poems are very hard to understand even for some persians, but when you do get to understand them they give you some certain emotions. over the years some non-iranians have tried to translate these books to their native language (mainly english) i've read those translations and although they are very good and sound very close to the original poems, they still fail to bring up those certain emotions.
2007-03-13 11:03:35 · answer #2 · answered by Mohammad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as a translator i have to say that it is possible to translate the the poem in such a way that the effect intended by the poet is transmitted to the reader in the second language...however it is almost impossible to do so using the same words, rhyme, metric and other literary devices due to differences in structure between languages...
2007-03-13 10:58:07 · answer #3 · answered by Queen of the Rÿche 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very difficult, I'd say. Poetry depends upon the compression of ideas and languages into small amounts of language, and often the language can be figurative or idiomatic.
2007-03-13 10:55:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends what language u want to translate it too :; try this website http://www.freetranslation.com/
2007-03-13 10:55:43 · answer #5 · answered by frankthetank 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends and also varies from person to person
2007-03-13 10:55:34 · answer #6 · answered by cabridog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup
good luck to man
2007-03-13 10:54:45 · answer #7 · answered by pulse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but you can try sitting in a bath tub.
2007-03-13 11:22:28 · answer #8 · answered by Ariadne on TAURUS 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't think word for word.
2007-03-13 10:55:39 · answer #9 · answered by NONAME 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure
2007-03-13 10:55:47 · answer #10 · answered by steven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋