wow, No Fear Shakespeare, you have totally outdone yourself this time.
Actual text from A Midsummer Night's Dream:
And I have found Demetrius like a jewel,
Mine own, and not mine own.
No Fear version:
I won Demetrius so easily, as if he were a precious diamond I just found lying around. It’s mine because I found it, but I feel like someone else could easily come and claim it was hers.
…what. These lines are about wonder, about something glimmering and awestruck, and to translate them like that…the mind just boggles.
And I have found Demetrius like a jewel,
Mine own, and not mine own.
No Fear version:
I won Demetrius so easily, as if he were a precious diamond I just found lying around. It’s mine because I found it, but I feel like someone else could easily come and claim it was hers.
…what. These lines are about wonder, about something glimmering and awestruck, and to translate them like that…the mind just boggles.