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READIN started out as a place for me to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly) how to design a web site.

There has been some mission drift here and there, but in general that's still what it is. Some of the main things I write about here are reading books, listening to (and playing) music, and watching the movies. Also I write about the work I do with my hands and with my head; and of course about bringing up Sylvia.

The site is a bit of a work in progress. New features will come on-line now and then; and you will occasionally get error messages in place of the blog, for the forseeable future. Cut me some slack, I'm just doing it for fun! And if you see an error message you think I should know about, please drop me a line. READIN source code is PHP and CSS, and available on request, in case you want to see how it works.

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🦋 Cowboys and vaqueros

I get the impression that Schnee is usually leaving vaquero untranslated when it is referring to a Mexican cowboy, rendering it as cowboy when it is referring to a gringo. This seems right to me, even though it introduces a distinction that's not present in the original text. It jumped out at me during Lázaro's speech at the end of part 1, when he said "one of King's cowboys" had insulted him and then later said "the era of the vaquero is over." The translation brings out a shift in meaning of the word between "un vaquero de King" and "el tiempo del vaquero".

posted morning of Sunday, November 15th, 2020
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