Comments on: lost in translation http://elenamary.com/2007/10/lost-in-translation/ de aquí y de allá - mirish xicana finds her place Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:09:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: oso http://elenamary.com/2007/10/lost-in-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-326 oso Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:42:29 +0000 http://www.elenamary.com/2007/lost-in-translation/#comment-326 A couple nights ago I finished Carlos Fuentes' This I Believe. I bought it in Asia so had to read it in English which was kinda annoying. In one of the chapters he praises Chilean women and their "eyes like grapes." Somehow 'eyes like grapes' is incredibly unpoetic while ojas como uvas is perfect ... perfect poetry and a perfect description of Chilean eyes. A couple nights ago I finished Carlos Fuentes’ This I Believe. I bought it in Asia so had to read it in English which was kinda annoying. In one of the chapters he praises Chilean women and their “eyes like grapes.”

Somehow ‘eyes like grapes’ is incredibly unpoetic while ojas como uvas is perfect … perfect poetry and a perfect description of Chilean eyes.

]]>