In prose and in poetry

In prose the translator is the servant,
in poetry the rival of the author.
– Borko Vujicic

This quote came about in a comment exchange on a Serbo-Croatian Charles Bukowski translation at Ivana Vojdovic‘s blog.

About James Steerforth

I am an author of poetry and fiction, translator and painter who loves to have fun with borrowed feathers.
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