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#196540 01/25/2011 2:12 AM
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I've been looking for the word that would be the technical term or formal equivalent of a King Solomon's Ring, skeleton key (such as the one for FINNEGANS WAKE, or Rosetta Stone, decryptor or decoder,a pony or philosopher's stone for enigmatic language, such as poetry.

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Welcome Krosen


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BABEL FISH!!! Sorry...I have been rereading Hitchhiker's Guide...wouldn't a babel fish just make life sooo much easier...oh and in answer to your question...metaphrast - on all points


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GoogleTranslate works too.

http://translate.google.com/#



{sorry, feeling sarcastic at the moment}


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Always keep in mind: traduttore - traditore
I don't believe that rephrasing poetry will make the author's original meaning more understandable


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