Comments on: Recent(-ish) Meetings and Events http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:32:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gordsellar http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/comment-page-1/#comment-27762 gordsellar Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:16:18 +0000 http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/#comment-27762 Trevor, Yeah, that place is okay, though given the trek, as long as one is up for braving the subway, it's almost just as easy to go to the place in Hong Ik, which is better for most of the dishes I like. I find for variety I'm usually cooking at home, but I'm not good at making Indian food... so this is nice. And yeah, places change with astonishing speed around here. It's a little dizzying, really. And quite disappointing when you find you're one of the few who likes a particular place. It's always the little good place that shuts down because the cheaper crappy one across the street wins more of the customers somehow. Trevor,

Yeah, that place is okay, though given the trek, as long as one is up for braving the subway, it’s almost just as easy to go to the place in Hong Ik, which is better for most of the dishes I like. I find for variety I’m usually cooking at home, but I’m not good at making Indian food… so this is nice.

And yeah, places change with astonishing speed around here. It’s a little dizzying, really. And quite disappointing when you find you’re one of the few who likes a particular place. It’s always the little good place that shuts down because the cheaper crappy one across the street wins more of the customers somehow.

]]> By: Trevor http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/comment-page-1/#comment-27757 Trevor Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:12:10 +0000 http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/#comment-27757 About good places to eat in Bucheon, there is (maybe was) a nice Thai restaurant in Hyundai dept. store. Not too pricey, about 6 or 7 thousand won. The little extra cost was worth it, made for a nice alternative to Korean food. One thing I've noticed about stores in Korea is how quickly they can change. One of my favorite kimbap restaurants in Gwangju changed over a weekend into a 'vintage' (aka, reject thrift store clothes from the USA) clothing store. About good places to eat in Bucheon, there is (maybe was) a nice Thai restaurant in Hyundai dept. store. Not too pricey, about 6 or 7 thousand won. The little extra cost was worth it, made for a nice alternative to Korean food. One thing I’ve noticed about stores in Korea is how quickly they can change. One of my favorite kimbap restaurants in Gwangju changed over a weekend into a ‘vintage’ (aka, reject thrift store clothes from the USA) clothing store.

]]> By: gordsellar http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/comment-page-1/#comment-27494 gordsellar Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:31:54 +0000 http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/#comment-27494 Mark, Sounds interesting. But I usually go the other way round: check out the "legit" translations first, then the freer adaptations. Still, I'll give it some time someday. Mark,

Sounds interesting. But I usually go the other way round: check out the “legit” translations first, then the freer adaptations. Still, I’ll give it some time someday.

]]> By: Mark http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/comment-page-1/#comment-27477 Mark Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:35:26 +0000 http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/#comment-27477 The Hughes translation probably isn't authoritative, but I did like it quite a bit. When you read it, you wonder why more poets, contemporary ones anyway, don't try their hand at that sort of thing. I suppose the highest compliment I can pay Hughes is the following: I read more of his translations the <i>Iron Giant</i> after reading his take on Ovid. I read some selections from the Loeb translation, and I've also read the Penguin translation (most recent edition, who ever did it) and while I enjoyed those translations, Hughes really made the sale on Ovid for me, and would probably whet your appetite for a more "serious" translation. The Hughes translation probably isn’t authoritative, but I did like it quite a bit. When you read it, you wonder why more poets, contemporary ones anyway, don’t try their hand at that sort of thing. I suppose the highest compliment I can pay Hughes is the following: I read more of his translations the Iron Giant after reading his take on Ovid. I read some selections from the Loeb translation, and I’ve also read the Penguin translation (most recent edition, who ever did it) and while I enjoyed those translations, Hughes really made the sale on Ovid for me, and would probably whet your appetite for a more “serious” translation.

]]> By: gordsellar http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/comment-page-1/#comment-27469 gordsellar Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:55:29 +0000 http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/#comment-27469 Jeffrey, Yeah, the Beowulf blew me away. I was a bit cynical at first and a few minutes later he got me. We <i>must</i> have another beer sometime. Mark, I haven't read them yet. Still trying to get myself to read my Mandelbaum translation of Ovid, which I figure should precede it, in that knowing the original a little helps. What do you think of them? The difference being that Norton doesn't treat Hughes' translations as authoritative, but does treat Heaney's as if it is. Jeffrey,

Yeah, the Beowulf blew me away. I was a bit cynical at first and a few minutes later he got me.

We must have another beer sometime.

Mark,

I haven’t read them yet. Still trying to get myself to read my Mandelbaum translation of Ovid, which I figure should precede it, in that knowing the original a little helps. What do you think of them?

The difference being that Norton doesn’t treat Hughes’ translations as authoritative, but does treat Heaney’s as if it is.

]]> By: Mark http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/comment-page-1/#comment-27465 Mark Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:55:22 +0000 http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/#comment-27465 What do you think of Ted Hughes's translations of Ovid, Aeschylus, etc? What do you think of Ted Hughes’s translations of Ovid, Aeschylus, etc?

]]> By: Horace Jeffery Hodges http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/comment-page-1/#comment-27433 Horace Jeffery Hodges Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:25:06 +0000 http://www.gordsellar.com/2007/12/13/recent-ish-meetings-and-events/#comment-27433 Thanks, Gord. I was hoping to read your impressions of the MEMESAK conference. Looks like we both agree on Dr. Sung Il Lee's Beowulf translation -- the most exciting thing at the conference. Other than meeting you, of course. We'll have to have another beer sometime... Jeffery Hodges * * * Thanks, Gord. I was hoping to read your impressions of the MEMESAK conference. Looks like we both agree on Dr. Sung Il Lee’s Beowulf translation — the most exciting thing at the conference.

Other than meeting you, of course. We’ll have to have another beer sometime…

Jeffery Hodges

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