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**xanaxist** · 08-13-2010, 05:03 AM

Originally Posted by jan Originally Posted by stuka
Here is a bit of a different translation that seems to me to clear things up, from MN 38:

Does the translation make a big difference (in general)?

It's what I would expect. I mainly speak modern European languages, but even there ...

Sometimes a different word can make things a bit clearer to someone

For example I never knew what "imperturbable" meant, so the sutta "the way to the imperturbable" meant nothing to me

However when i seen different translations, the sutta made perfect sense I never knew what unfettered meant, it wasn't on google at the time - 19th century stuff

I think many translations have been carried over from the 19th century, reflecting our understanding of "life" at the time (Thank God I didn't grow up then! pfew! - rather fettered ...)

08-13-2010, 05:03 AM	#11
xanaxist Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 489 Senior Member	Originally Posted by jan Originally Posted by stuka Here is a bit of a different translation that seems to me to clear things up, from MN 38: Does the translation make a big difference (in general)? It's what I would expect. I mainly speak modern European languages, but even there ... Sometimes a different word can make things a bit clearer to someone For example I never knew what "imperturbable" meant, so the sutta "the way to the imperturbable" meant nothing to me However when i seen different translations, the sutta made perfect sense I never knew what unfettered meant, it wasn't on google at the time - 19th century stuff I think many translations have been carried over from the 19th century, reflecting our understanding of "life" at the time (Thank God I didn't grow up then! pfew! - rather fettered ...)
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