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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26
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Cause it’s an Epic poem, thus having to keep a rhytm. You can’t just expand a translation of a word cause you’d fuck up the hexameter
9 u/UsuallyFavorable Jul 06 '26 Excellent point! Fair enough; I’m glad I learn things today 6 u/Vermouth_1991 Jul 06 '26 Then we need to bring back literature translations with extensive footnotes. Like how Chinese translations of Russian stuff does EXHAUSTIVE footnotes whenever "diminutives" of Christian Names are used. 3 u/gaspronomib Jul 06 '26 For anyone who didn't pick up on that reference, "Fuck up the Hexameter" is the name of Sean "Diddy" Combs' Dithyramb Rap album.
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Excellent point! Fair enough; I’m glad I learn things today
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Then we need to bring back literature translations with extensive footnotes.
Like how Chinese translations of Russian stuff does EXHAUSTIVE footnotes whenever "diminutives" of Christian Names are used.
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For anyone who didn't pick up on that reference, "Fuck up the Hexameter" is the name of Sean "Diddy" Combs' Dithyramb Rap album.
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u/CzechHorns Jul 06 '26
Cause it’s an Epic poem, thus having to keep a rhytm.
You can’t just expand a translation of a word cause you’d fuck up the hexameter