Jakabfy Károly (康明智)
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Jakabfy Károly (康明智)
@jakabfik.bsky.social
Sinology MA student. Interested in the Far East, ancient cultures, literature. (Hobby-)translator. Languages: 🇭🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪一点🇨🇳和文言 、彬彬君子,霸王最忠之臣子
近平十三年,昭和百年
My website: https://juewangshidai.neocities.org/
Wars are not about K/D like a game of fucking CoD.

Everyone was fine with Finland until they decided to join NATO as an act of performative liberalism for zero tangible benefit, considering the Russians got what they wanted under Stalin.
January 24, 2026 at 10:04 AM
He obviously mentions that out of the bunch he examines, Le Guin's is the "best", but it's still chock full of arbitrary decisions and errors. Her interpretations are only correct when she stays close to her sources, the moment she does the interpretation on her own, she fails miserably.
January 19, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Paul R. Goldin has an entire article titled "Those Who Don't Know Speak" about translations like this, which are just amalgamations of previous translations with arbitrary corrections/rephrasing of the "translator" to fit their agenda or preconceived notions of the text.
January 19, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I keep looking and I keep finding bottles of booze I didn't even know existed.
January 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM