The Breaking of the Storm · Chapter
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A brief translator's note explaining that the full effect of the word 'Schmidt' (equivalent to 'Smith' in English) cannot be conveyed in translation.
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A brief translator's note explaining that the full effect of the word 'Schmidt' (equivalent to 'Smith' in English) cannot be conveyed in translation.
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- Escalation
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“No translation can give the full effect of the play upon the word “Schmidt;” Anglicè , Smith.”
The wordplay on 'Schmidt' is lost in translation; in English it would be 'Smith'.
Translator's note on the untranslatable pun.
