<div dir="ltr">Read it in the original Spanish, Castilian as it is. Would you read Shakespeare in modern vernacular English? Spanish has changed less than English. When I don't understand something in the King James version of the Bible I read the Spanish Bible to clarify. It's stuff like "Dijoselo" (old) instead of "Se lo dijo (modern)." <div><br></div><div>My favorite English translation is by Samuel Putnam Modern Library). It has some of the archaic feel of the original.
"Knight of the Mournful Countenance" for "Caballero de la Triste Figura"</div><div>for instance.</div><div><br></div><div>Frank</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:24 PM Gary Schiltz <<a href="mailto:gary@naturesvisualarts.com">gary@naturesvisualarts.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">For those who have read Don Quixote, I would be interested to know what what would be your favorite English translation as well as your favorite modern Spanish version (as I understand it, a lot of the story was written in "Old Castilian").</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:28 PM Frank Wimberly <<a href="mailto:wimberly3@gmail.com" target="_blank">wimberly3@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">My favorite quote from Don Quixote is probably the most famous:<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Whether the stone hits the vase or the vase hits the stone it's bad for the vase.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have multiple copies in Spanish and English but I've only read parts.<br><br><div dir="auto">---<br>Frank C. Wimberly<br>140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br><br>505 670-9918<br>Santa Fe, NM</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 27, 2020, 11:19 AM Jochen Fromm <<a href="mailto:jofr@cas-group.net" target="_blank">jofr@cas-group.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">I am not sure he wrote this :-/ My favorite Cervantes quote from Don Quixote is "There is no book so bad that it does not have something good in it". I remember reading it in Greece during a summer vacation. Don Quixote has everything, it is funny, wise and one of the first novels ever. When we discussed a list of best books here on FRIAM, someone immediately mentioned it (don't remember who).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-J.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:rgb(0,0,0)" dir="auto"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Jon Zingale <<a href="mailto:jonzingale@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">jonzingale@gmail.com</a>> </div><div>Date: 5/27/20 17:47 (GMT+01:00) </div><div>To: <a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">friam@redfish.com</a> </div><div>Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Interdisciplinary work </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Jochen,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Though likely not relevant, I wanted to share my favorite Cervantes quote:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><i>"A wise man should ever be cautious when writing books to let his humor<br>and his wits run leaden-footed. For if he writes for silly maidens, then he<br>writes for nincompoops and ninnies."</i><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Jon</div></div>
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