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traesyesterday at 9:21 AM1 replyview on HN

Writing a screenplay adaptation of a poem and writing a translation in contemporary language are entirely different endeavors.


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vintermannyesterday at 9:32 AM

They're pretty related endeavors. Not literally the same of course, but in both cases you're trying to convey something profoundly alien (because of its age) to a modern audience.