Traduttore Traditore.

19th-Century Tuscan proverb.

The translation of the headline, ironically enough, is: “Translator, traitor,” the gist of it being no translation is completely faithful to the text of the original. Of course, there are exceptions to that, as in the case below, where the translation is far more faithful than the speaker might have prefered.

Published by Anthony Chase Fountain

The Tatler of 1709 was founded by Jonathan Swift, aka Isaac Bickerstaff. The Taos Tatler was founded by ex-New Yorker Anthony Fountain in 2018, in the same spirit, he hopes, as the original. Please send mail to taostatler@gmail.com.

Leave a comment