Tom Shippey: Why is Beowulf hard to Translate? Wisdom!

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In this video, Tom Shippey discusses the challenges of translating Beowulf. He calls attention to particular problem of the poem's wisdom passages, which are not as naive as they might appear to be!

To read Tom's new translation of Beowulf, check out "Beowulf: Translation and Commentary" (trans. Shippey, ed. Neidorf), available now!
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Interesting, but surely "praiseworthy deeds lead to success among all peoples" doesn't mean that *all* *success* comes from praiseworthy deeds.

Vingul