GianniBGood
A few observations for the editor/ curator
editTwo observations, if I may. The first is of fact: the poem by Wallace Stevens mentioned in the last paragraph is not "The Palm at the End of the Mind" but "Of Mere Being". This needs to be corrected or clarified.
The second is subjective, but it seems to me that Merrill was reaching too far for rhyme in his translation of Paul Valéry's French original in the preceding paragraph. "Ces jours qui te semblent vides" is emphatically not well translated by "These days which, like yourself,/ Seem empty...". This seems to cast doubt on either Merrill's French or his skill as a translator...
Welcome
editWelcome...
Hello, GianniBGood, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like this place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:
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In addition to these links, I'd like to point out the page WP:Translation and the more practically useful Help page Help:Translation. Why? There is currently no article in the English Wikipedia for Auguste Couat, but following the "[fr]" link will take you to the French Wikipedia article for him. Articles may be translated from one WP to another (following the process outlined in the links above). Maybe you'd like to do this for Couat? The preferred manner for new users to create new articles is by writing a WP:DRAFT. I'm happy to try to provide further guidance with either of these topics if you like, but unfortunately I'm not very experienced in either of these processes. If you want better advice, you might try the WP:Teahouse, where someone can probably point you in the right direction. Cheers. Phil wink (talk) 00:37, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- About the four tildes, there is no such instruction on the Reply page. so I have continued to ignore it... GianniBGood (talk) 15:40, 18 July 2022 (UTC)