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Unfaithfulness explored through both language and love.

Half of this page uses 'unfaithful' to talk about translation, arguing an original text can itself be unfaithful to how it eventually gets rendered elsewhere, tied loosely to conflict between versions.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

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Nov 07, 2020

Often, the idea that there can be a wide range of translations of one text doesn't occur to people - or that a translation could be bad, very bad, and unfaithful to the original.

Quotes by Lydia Davis

Nov 07, 2020

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

Quotes by Jorge Luis Borges

Nov 07, 2020

My affections are easily swayed and I can be very unfaithful.

Quotes by Dusty Springfield

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Nov 07, 2020

It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.

Quotes by Brigitte Bardot

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Nov 07, 2020

It's better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.

Quotes by Brigitte Bardot

The other half turns personal, with one voice admitting easily swayed affections and outright betrayal, arguing it's better to be honestly unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.

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