Translation reveals the same thing:
there is no \u201ccorrect\u201d version \u2014 only choices.
Every translator writes their own Quixote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you try to stay invisible, it becomes flat.
If you dare to interpret, it comes alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The text itself resists being modernized:
long sentences, repetition, archaic language \u2014 all of it carries meaning.
Simplify it, and you lose something essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The relationship between Don Quixote and Sancho evolves as well:
from caricatures into people with depth, contradictions, and humor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And in the end:
literature isn\u2019t about logic or perfection \u2014
but about getting as close to the truth as possible, even if it can never be fully reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
or my short version:
Don Quixote shows that both writing and translation are imperfect acts \u2014 you don\u2019t reproduce truth, you get as close to it as you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Don Quixote – IntroductionDon Quixote is not just a book \u2014 it\u2019s an experiment that grew as it was being written.From simple satire into something much larger, without a clear plan. Translation reveals the same thing:there is no \u201ccorrect\u201d version \u2014 only choices.Every translator writes their own Quixote. If you try to stay invisible, it … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,37,17,23],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chapters","category-english","category-miguel-de-cervantes-don-quixote","category-reflections","tag-don-quixote"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluefeather.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluefeather.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluefeather.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluefeather.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluefeather.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluefeather.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluefeather.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluefeather.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluefeather.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}