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| Thread ID: 129924 | 2013-03-20 05:56:00 | I don't beleive this: Shakespeare in Maori | WalOne (4202) | PC World Chat |
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| 1333499 | 2013-03-20 21:16:00 | It is not absolutely necessary to possess either great wit or abundant intelligence to enjoy Shakespeare. A reasonable attention span and no undue distractions help a lot to cope with the unfamiliar phrases. It does appear that being force fed it in school groups at an early age does not help a lot. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1333500 | 2013-03-20 21:32:00 | The Simpsons translated a few Shakespearian works the best imo, well i guess Matt Groening and co did | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1333501 | 2013-03-20 21:43:00 | Snip <Wal, it is "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of York" etc .> Snip I didn't think it necessary to quote more than I did, as all I intended was to point to a recognisable quotation starting with those words. Point? |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1333502 | 2013-03-20 21:47:00 | The point is that it is actually the first line of the play, and you either misquoted or mistyped. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1333503 | 2013-03-20 21:55:00 | Shakespeare's plays have been translated into nearly all the major languages so perhaps they are now moving on to the lesser known tongues, although I fail to see the point or the reason. It is not as if any maori speaker does not speak English. I wonder who might want to read Shakespeare in maori? Can't think of why anyone would want to do that.:confused: The unfortunate part is that the translation was, no doubt, funded by the NZ taxpayer. More money being thrown at a totally useless exercise. That money would have been far better spent on underprivileged maori children. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1333504 | 2013-03-20 22:07:00 | Well given the difficulties Maori have translating between Iwi, I would have thought them trying to translate Shakespeare was an exercise in total futility. :rolleyes: At our cost no doubt. :groan: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1333505 | 2013-03-20 23:31:00 | At our cost no doubt. :groan: Redundant point, they continue to live off the shoulders of their ancestors. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1333506 | 2013-03-21 03:36:00 | This is a joke...Shakespeare in Maori. That hardly anyone will understand. | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1333507 | 2013-03-21 03:46:00 | We were lucky at our school, not only did we have a fantastic English teacher who used to teach us elements of Anglo-saxon and old english, he made Shakespeare come alive. In addition we used to have outings to the Stratford theatre from the fourth form up where after an afternoon on the river we would see some of the top Shakespearean actors of the day. Being Black Country/Midlands lads and girls we already 'spake' an idiomatic form of Olde-English :) Since the current generation only seem to have the words 'cool' and 'awesome' in their vocabulary, then no doubt they would find Shakespeare's English somewhat incomprehensible. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1333508 | 2013-03-21 03:48:00 | We were lucky at our school, not only did we have a fantastic English teacher who used to teach us elements of Anglo-saxon and old english, he made Shakespeare come alive. In addition we used to have outings to the Stratford theatre from the fourth form up where after an afternoon on the river we would see some of the top Shakespearean actors of the day. Being Black Country/Midlands lads and girls we already 'spake' an idiomatic form of Olde-English :) Since the current generation only seem to have the words 'cool' and 'awesome' in their vocabulary, then no doubt they would find Shakespeare's English somewhat incomprehensible. In a nutshell as usual. |
Cicero (40) | ||
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