Amory
March 10, 2011, 08:14 AM
I attempted to translate literally into Spanish prose some lines of Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism. Could someone please check it to see if it makes sense?
Tis hard to say, if greater Want of Skill
Appear in Writing or in Judging ill,
But, of the two, less dang'rous is th' Offence,
To tire our Patience, than mis-lead our Sense:
Some few in that, but Numbers err in this,
Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss;
A Fool might once himself alone expose,
Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose.
Es difícil notar si exige mas talento el escribir o mal juzgar, pero de los dos es menos peligroso agotar nuestra paciencia que extraviar el sentido. Hay pocos del aquel pero muchos del este; diez juzga mal por cada mal escritor. Un tonto solo pudiera quedarse en ridículo; ahora por cada poeta, muchos más de prosista.
'Tis with our Judgments as our Watches, none
Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
In Poets as true Genius is but rare,
True Taste as seldom is the Critick's Share;
Both must alike from Heav'n derive their Light,
These born to Judge, as well as those to Write.
Let such teach others who themselves excell,
And censure freely who have written well.
Como nuestros relojes, ni dos opiniones pasan igual y aun cada cree en su propia. El genio verdadero es raro en los poetas, asimismo el critico rara vez tiene el gusto verdadero. Los dos necesitan obtener su talento del Cielo, estos nacidos para juzgar y aquellos para escribir. Enseñen tales que sobresalen y critiquen que han escrito bien.
Tis hard to say, if greater Want of Skill
Appear in Writing or in Judging ill,
But, of the two, less dang'rous is th' Offence,
To tire our Patience, than mis-lead our Sense:
Some few in that, but Numbers err in this,
Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss;
A Fool might once himself alone expose,
Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose.
Es difícil notar si exige mas talento el escribir o mal juzgar, pero de los dos es menos peligroso agotar nuestra paciencia que extraviar el sentido. Hay pocos del aquel pero muchos del este; diez juzga mal por cada mal escritor. Un tonto solo pudiera quedarse en ridículo; ahora por cada poeta, muchos más de prosista.
'Tis with our Judgments as our Watches, none
Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
In Poets as true Genius is but rare,
True Taste as seldom is the Critick's Share;
Both must alike from Heav'n derive their Light,
These born to Judge, as well as those to Write.
Let such teach others who themselves excell,
And censure freely who have written well.
Como nuestros relojes, ni dos opiniones pasan igual y aun cada cree en su propia. El genio verdadero es raro en los poetas, asimismo el critico rara vez tiene el gusto verdadero. Los dos necesitan obtener su talento del Cielo, estos nacidos para juzgar y aquellos para escribir. Enseñen tales que sobresalen y critiquen que han escrito bien.