THE 1929 DRIFT (CLASSIC REPRINT)

Excerpt from The 1929 DriftPersons who know much about language say that not even the most expert translator can put into another language the richness of style and fullness of meaning of the original. Literature inevitably loses much in being translated. A German cannot fully understand and appreciate Hugo until he knows French, a Frenchman can begin to comprehend Shakespeare only after he has mastered English