Heidegger

Hi Michael,

Why would the German speakers know about English translations,
except, of course for M.E. who seems to know about everything? What
you need is an English speaker who fakes his German, thereby needing
a sufficiently competent translation to enable him to pass (an old
story with us, as you know). Especially useful in this regard is a
bilingual edition with facing pages by Stephen Mitchell. It would
seem that having the German and English side by side would give you
an earful, even an attuning earful, perhaps.

Best regards,

Allen

>hi folks, just wondered amongst the german speakers on this list whether I
>could obtain a recommendation of a good english translation of Rilke’s Duino
>Elegies; reason: alongside the long-term project of my Heidegger opera
>(still early days), I’m aiming to set a number of stanzas of the Elegies for
>alto (contralto or countertenor) voice and string quartet in a song cycle,
>and in english. I already have what seems a goodly (to my ears) translation
>by David Oswald; is there a better translation?
>
>thanks in advance
>
>michaelP
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Posted on Monday, January 8th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
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