[SOLO] Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest, by George Borrow-ans

[Sunrise2020]

PL of sections 34 and 35 is okay.

[TheBanjo]

I have uploaded:
Section 036: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_036_borrow_128kb.mp3 (13:15)
Section 037: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_037_borrow_128kb.mp3 (9:33)

The Italian term "traduttore traditore" that appears in section 36 means, literally, "translator traitor". I am not sure whether the Italian is normally taken to mean that every act of translation is, to some extent, an act of treason, or whether it is simply a caution against particularly bad translations.

[TheBanjo]

I have uploaded:
Section 038: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_038_borrow_128kb.mp3 (8:28)
Section 039: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_039_borrow_128kb.mp3 (13:49)

SECTION 38
"when you knocked at the door, I don’t mind telling you, I thought it was some dun". A "dun" is a person who makes persistent demands for payment

SECTION 39
Lord Byron died in Greece in 1824 of a fever, while assisting a military campaign for Greek independence. We was refused a burial in Westminster Abbay on the grounds of his questionable morality. After his body lay in state for two days in London, he was buried in Nottinghamshire. His sole legitimate child, Ada Lovelace, was a founding figure in the field of computer programming. I once worked on an IT project that was coded in "Ada", a programming language named after her.

[Sunrise2020]

PL of sections 36 and 37 is fine.

Thanks for these tidbits of information!

Btw, I’m now back in Cape Town and, depending on progress, might finish the book here. I’m here until early July. No pressure intended.

[Sunrise2020]

PL of sections 38 and 39 is fine.

[TheBanjo]

I have uploaded:
Section 040: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_040_borrow_128kb.mp3 (8:18)
Section 041: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_040_borrow_128kb.mp3 (8:44)
Section 042: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_040_borrow_128kb.mp3 (12:04)

SECTION 40
A "fata Morgana" is a special kind of mirage, where a mirage image of an object appears directly above the real image of that same object, sometimes inverted. For a stunning example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage)#/media/File:A_Fata_Morgana_of_a_cargo_ship_seen_off_the_coast_of_Oceanside,_California.jpg

SECTION 42
“I want paunch,” said he.’
‘It is not always indispensable,’ said I; ‘there is an orator in my town, a hunchback and watchmaker, without it, who not only leads the people, but the mayor too; perhaps he has a succedaneum in his hunch..."

A 'paunch' is a protruding stomach. 'Succedaneum' means 'substitute'. The narrator is suggesting that, for an orator, have a hunch may be just as good as having a protruding stomach.

It would not be until the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act in 1829 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Relief_Act_1829) that Roman Catholics would be permitted to take a seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons. This would be five years after Byron's death.

[TheBanjo]

Btw, I’m now back in Cape Town and, depending on progress, might finish the book here. I’m here until early July. No pressure intended.

Welcome home. I certainly expect we'll be finished this one by early July.

[TheBanjo]

I have uploaded:
Section 043: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_043_borrow_128kb.mp3 (4:12)
Section 044: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_044_borrow_128kb.mp3 (12:23)
Section 045: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_045_borrow_128kb.mp3 (10:37)

[Sunrise2020]

Sections 40-44 are okay.

[TheBanjo]

I have uploaded:
Section 046: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_046_borrow_128kb.mp3 (8:32)
Section 047: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_047_borrow_128kb.mp3 (12:12)

[Sunrise2020]

Section 45 is fine.

[TheBanjo]

I have uploaded:
Section 048: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_048_borrow_128kb.mp3 (8:44)
Section 049: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/lavengro_049_borrow_128kb.mp3 (7:32)

[Sunrise2020]

Sections 40-45 are fine.

[Sunrise2020]

Sections 46-49 are fine.

I looked up the term “Haik” but only found a definition of traditional garment. Clearly it has a different meaning here.

[TheBanjo]

Sections 46-49 are fine.

I looked up the term “Haik” but only found a definition of traditional garment. Clearly it has a different meaning here.

Yes, I couldn't get anywhere with "Haik" either.