Version vs translation
Reading a translation is always an act of faith, almost a religious act of faith: we must believe as fact and truth that the "translation" is a veritable reflection of the original. And we accept as Gospel truth that what we are reading is a good rendering of the original because we have no way of knowing otherwise. So I was thinking we should do away with translations and install "versions" instead. This is what José María Carrascal has done in his novel Un sueño irlandés , An Irish Dream , where he did two different versions of it, instead of simply translating. ( https://www.amazon.es/Irish-Dream-English-Maria-Carrascal-ebook/dp/B07C1DQJ1P) But, of course, Carrascal is the author, not the translator and he knows both languages well. If a "version" of a Spanish novel appears in English, we cannot complain if it differs slightly from the original, after all it is not a "translation." Methinks this is either a wonderful idea, ...
