[silence] Cage quote about translation

Ray Kass raykass@vt.edu
Mon Jul 21 19:35:59 EDT 2008


Didn't  Beckett do the translation for Eugen Jolas'  Transition  
magazine ?

On Jul 21, 2008, at 6:24 PM, Kraig Grady wrote:

> 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:
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>>> 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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