[silence] Cage quote about translation

[Kraig Grady]

Actually, Finnegans Wake was translated into French


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John McDonough wrote:
> That's from an interview he did called "Laughtears" for his  
> Roaratorio. The interviewer was remarking that James Joyce's Finegans  
> Wake will never be translated into German or French, when Cage said  
> "I think more and more we need a language in the world which doesn't  
> require translation, so that we can all learn to speak the same  
> language."
>
> The full interview is available on the Mode recording of John Cage's  
> Roaratorio, which, though highly recommended, is probably OOP.
>
> On Jul 21, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Alan Stones wrote:
>
>   
>> Dear All,
>> I'm trying to find the source of a quote attributed to Cage regarding
>> translation which as far as I can tell goes:
>>
>> "I believe more and more that we need a language that manages without
>> translation."
>>
>> Anybody able to give me a source/context for this or any other
>> information?
>> I'm interested in Cage's ideas about cross-arts ideas and inspiration.
>>
>> With thanks in advance,
>> Alan
>>
>> www.alanstones.net
>>
>>
>>
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