Sentence examples for inventive translation from inspiring English sources

In a meticulously faithful yet nimbly inventive translation, Ashbery's approach has been to stay close to the original, following the line of the sentence, retaining the order of ideas and images, reproducing even eccentric or inconsistent punctuation.

In Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person (2001) and Little Theatres; or, Aturuxos Calados (2005), Erin Mouré offers inventive translations of Portuguese and Galician authors as she explores ideas of local and global citizenship and community.

The story line itself is endlessly diverting and inventive, and the prose of the translation is beautifully rendered.

And the translation, by Kathleen Ross, is splendid: inventive, idiomatic and precise without being pedantic.

Ian Barnett's English text (a collaboration with the Argentinian author) looks like a feat of translation, in which the labyrinthine sentences writhe with inventive similes.

TRANSLATION -- I'm dying to be surprised by something inventive or touched by something thoughtful, but it would sound selfish to say so.

More inventive".

"Clever" and "inventive".

"Humans are very inventive".

The most inventive rhythmically?

Inventive shapes.