Studies in Modern Irish, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Studies in Modern Irish, Vol. 2: Continuous Prose Composition Roficiency in the short sentence is indispensable for the writer of continuous prose. But a man who can make bricks is not necessarily a good mason. Thus one may be able to translate short detached sentences and yet be quite at sea in continuous prose. The Whole is greater than the part, and\the proper welding together of the parts, with a view to the artistic unity of the whole, 1s an art in itself. At the very outset one must have a clear conception of what intelligent translation really means. And here we must steer clear of the bogey of literal translation. A passage of English prose conveys certain ideas, thoughts, images, set forth by the writer to produce the desired impression of the personages, scenes or facts that are being described, or the philosophical or ethical principles that are being proved or illustrated. The rendering of such a passage into Irish must be consistent with the laws of Irish thought and expression. In deference to the laws of Irish thought insertions, emissions and other changes will take place, according to circumstances. In deference to the laws of Irish expression we must emancipate ourselves from the English words, as such, grasp the kernel of thought or emotion to be conveyed, and endeavour to clothe that kernel with the Irish words best suited to express the essential inner meaning. Language is an index to the national character. The fundamentals of the Irish character are, when all is said and done, very different to those of the English character, in spite of the strong Celtic elements transfused through the Saxon ground-work of the latter. Hence a word-for-word translation is nearly always fatal. Hence, also, the futility of dictionaries when the student has. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.