Comments | deliasherman: Calling all Medivalists

deliasherman

Calling all Medivalists

Feb 24, 2009 21:33

Edward Gauvin has translated the French story we bought for Interfictions 2--and very beautifully, too. The thing is, there's this sentence in medieval French which needs to be translated into Middle English, and neither of us is really up to it. Can anybody out there oblige ( Read more... )

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maryrobinette February 25 2009, 06:51:26 UTC

I've got the fellow for you. Michael Livingston. SF Writer and medievalist. He translates for me all the time. I'll get an answer and be right back.

maryrobinette February 25 2009, 15:41:18 UTC

Michael Livingston says ( ... )

deliasherman February 25 2009, 20:41:00 UTC

Wow. This looks just right. Part of my problem was that I'm more familiar with Mallory, who is, of course, much later than the French, and all my attempts were hopelessly Mallorean. Which isn't a hanging crime, but you can be sure the SOMEBODY would notice.

shsilver February 25 2009, 13:18:13 UTC

What time period are you looking for?

deliasherman February 25 2009, 20:44:10 UTC

Well, that's the problem, isn't it? Apparently, the French is 13th c, court dialect, so the guy who answered right before you put it into a Chaucerian London dialect. Works for me.

Thanks for responding.

Middle Engish translation ext_125749 February 27 2009, 18:22:52 UTC

My personal medievalist agrees that the translation offered is fine.