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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Translating Poe #57793 02/25/2002 1:51 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 872 Birmingham, Alabama milum old hand milum old hand Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 872 Birmingham, Alabama Will one of you Frenchie-Speaks help me with a question I’ve held for thirty years, namely- How is possible, as it is reputed, that Edgar Poe’s poems The Raven and The Bells, became even better poems through the translation into French? This, to me, is impossible, regardless of the ability and liberties taken by the translator. Anyone read the French versions? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted French nursery rhyme doc_comfort 02/20/2002 3:24 AM Re: French nursery rhyme slithy toves 02/20/2002 3:48 AM Re: French nursery rhyme doc_comfort 02/20/2002 3:59 AM Re: French nursery rhyme Keiva 02/20/2002 4:04 AM Re: French nursery rhyme OrionsBelt~ 02/20/2002 7:41 AM Re: French nursery rhyme belMarduk 02/20/2002 8:45 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/20/2002 8:52 PM Re:Humpty Dumpty nancyk 02/20/2002 9:45 PM Re: French nursery rhyme Keiva 02/20/2002 10:31 PM Re: French nursery rhyme slithy toves 02/21/2002 2:48 AM Re: French nursery rhyme Wordwind 02/21/2002 10:34 AM Re: French nursery rhyme Keiva 02/21/2002 12:37 PM For WW doc_comfort 02/21/2002 10:44 PM Re: For WW wwh 02/22/2002 12:21 AM Re: For WW Wordwind 02/22/2002 9:29 AM Re: For WW wwh 02/22/2002 3:09 PM Re: For WW belMarduk 02/23/2002 4:22 AM Re: For WW wwh 02/23/2002 2:00 PM Re: For WW belMarduk 02/23/2002 4:05 PM Re: For WW wwh 02/23/2002 4:21 PM Re: For WW belMarduk 02/23/2002 4:29 PM Re: For WW wwh 02/23/2002 4:47 PM Re: For WW RhubarbCommando 02/25/2002 11:46 AM Re: For WW RhubarbCommando 02/25/2002 11:48 AM Translating Poe milum 02/25/2002 1:51 PM Re: Translating Poe wwh 02/25/2002 3:24 PM Re: Translating Poe milum 02/25/2002 5:00 PM Re: Translating Poe hev 02/25/2002 10:52 PM not that they/one knew wofahulicodoc 02/26/2002 1:29 AM Re: For WW wwh 02/25/2002 3:07 PM Re: For WW Jazzoctopus 02/25/2002 6:50 PM Re: For WW Rapunzel 02/26/2002 1:03 AM Re: French nursery rhyme TEd Remington 02/20/2002 9:01 PM Re: French nursery rhyme Angel 02/20/2002 9:10 PM Re: French nursery rhyme wwh 02/20/2002 10:14 PM Re: French nursery rhyme Angel 02/21/2002 7:51 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,273 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 6 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,131 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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