tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36609540.post4780647418548670449..comments2023-05-04T02:30:43.543-05:00Comments on Reading Proust In Foxborough: A Funny Feeling of Deja VuGrapeshot/Odettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625862990225356412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36609540.post-54743015283980609422007-06-09T18:39:00.000-05:002007-06-09T18:39:00.000-05:00I checked the French text online: "la salade d'ana...I checked the French text online: "la salade d'ananas et de truffes" -- so it seems right. I wondered, as there are also online references to pineapple truffles (something recognizably dessert-like). But it's a salad, right?<BR/><BR/>With every word I type, I'm revealing the distance between these eating habits and me.<BR/><BR/>The Penguin translations are wonderful, though Grieve (vol. 2) seems kinda free.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36609540.post-32607105126648931652007-06-09T15:12:00.000-05:002007-06-09T15:12:00.000-05:00I suspect a glitch in translation. Early in Swann...I suspect a glitch in translation. Early in Swann's Way I found another food item translated "weird." I am reading the old, old Scott Montcrief translation. One of these days I will try Lydia Davis or yet another translation. My volumes are really old (1932). Volume 2 is marked $2.00. Now I am wondering if I picked them up when the old Sea Men's (seamen's?)Library in Galveston was broken up. Ah memory! I once had one of those books which had survived the great Galveston hurricane. It reeked of mustiness.Grapeshot/Odettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11625862990225356412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36609540.post-12881221795253497172007-06-09T13:27:00.000-05:002007-06-09T13:27:00.000-05:00Hi Odette,I'm beginning to wonder whether pineappl...Hi Odette,<BR/><BR/>I'm beginning to wonder whether pineapple-and-truffles involves a glitch in translation. If I find out, I'll let you know.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your dinner!Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.com