Pakdi,

Literal translation (if we share the same meaning of literal) is only useful
if we want to learn the Pali words. Otherwise, it is simply bad English
which serious readers would find useful, even quaint.

It is well known for example, how many works of great masters of Thailand
and Burma are translated (sometimes literally) into very bad English which
is not useful for those who want to guide their lives by them. Perhaps
useful if one is in the habit of piously collecting them and keeping them at
our Buddha shrine,

Sukhi.

P.

----- Original Message -----
From: "pakdi yanawaro" <prapakdi@...>
To: <Pali@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Pali] Re: MN 62: Mahaaraahulovaada sutta.m [7] yena tena


> it depends ow u wantt to translate, literally
> orjustmeaningfully
> i translate literally
> --- Kumaara Bhikkhu <venkumara@...> wrote:
> > At 11:35 AM 25-01-03, you wrote:
> > >yena gaamo tena upasa.mkami shld be yena
> > >(disabhaagena) gaamo (aasi), tena (disabhaagena)
> > (so)
> > >upasa.mkami = by whichever direction the village
> > >existed, he went by that direction.
> >
> > Oops! You're right, Ven. Yanawaro. Thank you for the
> > correction. I should say:
> > He approached where the village was.
> >
> > Of course we could say
> > He approached the village.
> >
> > It's just my personal preference to bring through to
> > the "taste" of Pali as well. It's something like
> > Chinese languages, whereby the sentence can be
> > somewhat literally translated to English as
> > He approached the village there.
> >
> > I suppose Asian languages do share a similar pattern
> > expression. A any rate, it's absolutely fine with me
> > if the group prefers "He approached the village."
> >
> > peace
> >
> > Kumâra Bhikkhu
> >
> >
>
>
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