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Hank Burchard <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 27 Feb 1995 09:10:24 -0500
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On Sat, 25 Feb 1995 [log in to unmask] wrote:
 
> I agree with comments made by Eric Siegel regarding the translations provided
on
> the net. Although not something I know much about, I found it fascinating to
> read the different translations offere.
>
> I, too, would like to know about the last line!
 
     In translating Daumier, one must bear in mind, first, that his
French was often a little garbled because his tongue was so firmly in his
cheek, and second, that ambiguity was his essence.
     In short, it may be that *all* the suggested renderings of that last
line are correct!
 
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