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Lidia Vianu - Director of CTITC (CENTRE FOR THE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY TEXT), Bucharest University, Professor of Contemporary British Literature at the English Department of Bucharest University, Member of the Writers’ Union, Romania.

 

 
 
 
 
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CTITC

CENTRE FOR THE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY TEXT
CENTRUL PENTRU TRADUCEREA SI INTERPRETAREA TEXTULUI CONTEMPORAN

 

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 TRANSLATION CAFÉ 


 

MTTLC
MA Programme for the

TRANSLATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY LITERARY TEXT

Review of Contemporary Texts in Translation and E-Learning

 

Parallel translations

 

 

DAVID LEHMAN
The Difference Between Pepsi and Coke


Can't swim; uses credit cards and pills to combat
intolerable feelings of inadequacy;
Won't admit his dread of boredom, chief impulse behind
numerous marital infidelities;
Looks fat in jeans, mouths clichés with confidence,
breaks mother's plates in fights;
Buys when the market is too high, and panics during
the inevitable descent;
Still, Pop can always tell the subtle difference
between Pepsi and Coke,
Has defined the darkness of red at dawn,
memorized the splash of poppies along
Deserted railway tracks, and opposed the war in Vietnam
months before the students,
Years before the politicians and press; give him
a minute with a road map
And he will solve the mystery of bloodshot eyes;
transport him to mountaintop
And watch him calculate the heaviness and height
of the local heavens;
Needs no prompting to give money to his kids; speaks
French fluently, and tourist German;
Sings Schubert in the shower; plays pinball in Paris;
knows the new maid steals, and forgives her.

(1977)

from An Alternative to Speech by David Lehman (Princeton University Press, 1986)
DAVID LEHMAN

DAVID LEHMAN
Diferenta dintre Pepsi si Coke

Nu stie sa-noate; isi ia carti de credit si pilule sa lupte
impotriva sentimentului insuportabil de nepotrivire;
Nu si-ar recunoaste groaza de plictis, motivul principal
al atator infidelitati conjugale;
In blugi pare gras, peroreaza cu aplomb in clisee,
la nervi sparge farfuriile mamei;
Cumpara cand preturile cresc prea mult si intra in panica
in perioadele cand inevitabil se prabusesc;
Totusi, tata ar putea face mereu diferenta
dintre Pepsi si Coke,
Isi tot explica intunericul rosiatic al zorilor
si retine ploaia macilor de-a lungul
Liniilor de tren parasite; s-a opus razboiului din Vietnam
cu mult inaintea studentilor,
Cu multi ani inaintea politicienilor si a presei; lasa-l o clipa
cu harta in brate
Si va descifra misterul ochilor inrositi;
du-l undeva pe-un varf de munte
Si-ai sa vezi cum calculeaza greutatea si inaltimea
raiului local;
N-are nevoie de indemnuri sa dea bani copiilor; vorbeste
franceza fluent si germana ca turistii;
Canta Schubert la dus, joaca pinball in Paris;
stie si ca noua femeie de serviciu il fura, dar o iarta.
 

 

 

 

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