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Can Li Bai, China's greatest poet, be translated into frat-boy-ese? Lee tried.
It is not as crazy as it sounds. Li Bai is an alcoholic poet. Though he has long been translated into a highfalutin English that sounds like a stuffy Shakespere. But Li Bai is just talking about getting drunk.
Does Lee's translation work? Stay tuned and decide for yourself.
By Lee Moore4.8
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Can Li Bai, China's greatest poet, be translated into frat-boy-ese? Lee tried.
It is not as crazy as it sounds. Li Bai is an alcoholic poet. Though he has long been translated into a highfalutin English that sounds like a stuffy Shakespere. But Li Bai is just talking about getting drunk.
Does Lee's translation work? Stay tuned and decide for yourself.

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