{"author":{"username":"stultulo","displayName":"☡","fid":23159},"timestamp":"2026-10-24T18:09:13.000Z","text":"lowkey neither agree nor disagree, because translation is inherently destruction tho?\n\ne.g. how are you supposed to translate Вода and Монеты as Water and Coins, but split the translated words such that they emphasize a Yes and No, for example\n\nWa-ter and Co-ins/Mo-ney captures a vanishingly small part of the poetry\n\nSomething like:\n\n“Water—yes—and firmament”\n\nand:\n\n“Coins—not even—shadows”\n\nmight be workable, as a liberal translation to English.\n\nAm not a translator though, and no one attempts to do such things for this complex and ridiculously beautiful poem (Poem of the End by Marina Tsvetaeva)\n\nhttps://x.com/dogofthesun/status/2113995803408683171?s=46","links":[{"url":"https://x.com/dogofthesun/status/2113995803408683171?s=46","title":"Helios. (@dogofthesun) on X"}],"quotes":["https://forkcaster.xyz/stultulo/0x9a25d04a205cdd285f09d5e492efb395d713078b"],"farcaster":"https://farcaster.xyz/stultulo/0xa58a35e69fb69ccff03cdcc97d6332322e87fbd8","firefly":"https://firefly.social/post/farcaster/0xa58a35e69fb69ccff03cdcc97d6332322e87fbd8"}