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2016-09-15 22:42 - Dissecting Lovecraft Part 1: Juvenile Racist Pagan Sleuth At Large -
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Nice article. I like the comments on how his writing style slowly coalesces over time. I hadn't previously considered how Lovecraft's really quite unusual childhood pastimes and literary background would have shaped his mindset. Based on the (fa...
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2016-04-12 17:20 - Kickstopper: Goblin-Flavoured Diversions -
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On topic again, how do you feel about the replayability of the game? It's one of the things that's come up with other indie-ish games I know, where the concept is specific enough that it seemed like one outing was enough to thoroughly cover it. For examp...
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2016-04-12 11:18 - Kickstopper: Goblin-Flavoured Diversions -
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"Electricity" is a rumour spread by Communist traitors. Abetting the spread of Communist rumours is treason. In addition, use of Allcaps code forms is restricted to agents with Blue status or higher. Your current status is Puce. Report f...
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2016-04-01 07:04 - Beasts in Crinoline -
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maybe I'm just oblivious to subtext
It's far more likely that I'm getting Dracula mixed up with the much more accessible Dracula: Dead and Loving It... and possibly some other more modern vampire interpretations.<...
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2016-02-13 12:42 - One of These Siblings Is Not Like the Others -
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A thought came to me as I read this description. Bearing in mind that this is explicitly based on a childhood world they used to play in, I wonder whether the story is also based on some of their games? Specifically, it struck me that possibly ...
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2016-01-23 22:57 - The Dreamer in the Citadel by Esther Rochon -
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Alas I'm not as good at languages as Shim is. My French used to be passable but has mostly dried up from neglect.
The eternal problem of the linguist :( My Chinese is very rusty now and I could really use it for work, but I'm...
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2016-01-18 18:31 - Educating Vitae -
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Two out of three ain't bad
I... how did I miss that? *facepalm* Also I just realised this cover is different to mine (probably the US edition?) and although it's the exact same photo, mine is very pale with black ...
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2016-01-18 15:18 - The Dreamer in the Citadel by Esther Rochon -
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it's just bugging me that I can't recommend a real great book to anybody not reading French
Oh yeah, I'm with you. Lack of translations is a big shame all round. My solution is, of course, that everyone should go and le...
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2016-01-18 15:17 - The Dreamer in the Citadel by Esther Rochon -
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It's worth pointing out, of course, that £200 for a licence is actually extremely reasonable
Oh, absolutely. And at the most basic level, you probably want to do some kind of check that you're not giving free rein to...
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2016-01-18 14:31 - The Dreamer in the Citadel by Esther Rochon -
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Yes, the translation problem with Tolkien is far from trivial
Yeah, I can see that. One of the toughest issues I'm facing is adequately translating a text which makes good use of authentic colloquial English (and English has ...
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2016-01-18 14:06 - The Dreamer in the Citadel by Esther Rochon -
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I'm a hobbyist translator, so I know a little bit about this. I agree with basically all of Arthur's points. One of the reasons the big paying field in translation is business is that businesses really need translations doing, and doing well, so ...
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2016-01-18 10:23 - The Dreamer in the Citadel by Esther Rochon -
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Do you know why that is?
Anglophones have always been staggeringly lazy about translating material. There's always more native material out there, so why bother? The UK market doesn't bother translating from the Welsh or...
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2015-11-18 21:18 - We Apologise For the Inconvenience -
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The autonomous AI that does not exist, and certainly does not regulate Ferretbrain operations, did not suffer an unexpected memory failure. This non-failure did not result in electromagnetic fluctuations in the purely imaginary Faraday hypercage in which ...
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2015-10-06 16:43 - Beasts in Crinoline -
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I think the take-home lesson here is probably that you should use my articles as a handy guide to what you won't think :)
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2015-10-06 16:13 - Discovering Britain -
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It's also worth noting that as far as I'm aware, there is considerable debate over whether those have anything to do with blackface per se or are a case of parallel evolution. This doesn't mean they shouldn't be questioned, or even phased out. Ev...
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2015-10-05 18:07 - Beasts in Crinoline -
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Well, I had a good idea what the film would be like (pulpy nonsense) and chose to go on that basis, so it was a let-down for me when the comics seemed to be a bit more serious and also rapey. Whereas I'm guessing you were hoping for a loyal adaptation of ...
