Philomena cries at night
The Nightingale is a tale written by Andersen concerning the contrast between natural and artificial beauty, in the aspects of music, splendour and above all
Velvet Swans
In Ueda's translation of The Nightingale, which I am currently going through for a future analysis, I encountered this interesting paragraph:
長い天鵞絨の幕と、厚い金欄とを懸けた、
Emperor's New Clothes Comparison - 1907 - 1908
After having analysed Watanabe and Takahashi's translations we shall proceed a decade forward (or so), and tackle those of Nagura Jirou (1907) and
Emperor's New Clothes Comparison - 1888 - Part III
Note: I have omitted Watanabe's translation due to the difficulty in translating/transcribing it, and the fact that it ditches in most cases
Particles of Emphasis
In Japanese you can express emotional nuance or stress via emphasis particles that may equate to a vocal exclamation mark or emoticon.
We shall in