Translation of "The Owl and the Pussy-cat" poem

pimpoapo · 03-26-2008, 01:14 PM

Hi,

I'm looking for a translation of the Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear on behalf of my friend who is making a collection of this poem in as many languages as he can, just for fun. He's 97-year-old and this hobby gives him a great pleasure.

Edward Lear: The Owl and the Pussycat

He started about a year ago and we managed to get it in more than 30 languages so far. Because we are running out of resources I decided to ask help from communities who dedicated to translation.

It doesn't need to be a professional translation.
Here's a website that I started to set up to share all the translations that we've got so far. Some of them was made by poets but most of them just by friends or people who we run into in different places (waiters of the local restaurant, nurses from hospital, etc). They did the best they could and they just did it for fun and because they wanted to add their own language to this collection.

The Owl and the Pussy-cat translation collection

The site is under construction, at the moment just a flash version available.

Here is the list of the languages that we've got so far:
Afrikaans
Catalan
Chinese
Danish
Dutch
Esperanto
Estonian
Finnish
French
Frisian
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Korean
Kyrgyz
Latin
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Portuguese
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Russian
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Tagalog (Pilipino)
Turkish
Welsh

We've got a Thai version but just only the first verse, so we're looking for the remaining two.

There are an Arabic, a Hindi and two different Hebrew version which are handwritten. We are looking for someone who would be able to type them in.

If you could translate it into any language that is not on the list that would be a great help for us.
For exchange I always mention who did the translation at the end of the poem and if you wish it can be linked to your website or email address.

Thanks again for anyone who will help us.

-=Pimpoapo=-

pimpoapo · 06-02-2008, 09:33 AM

Hi everyone,

We changed the address for the collection website to the following:

http://www.bompa.org

Have a nice day and thank you for your help,

-=Pimpoapo=-

03-26-2008, 01:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
pimpoapo Growing Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: UK Posts: 26 pimpoapo is an unknown character at this point	Translation of "The Owl and the Pussy-cat" poem Hi, I'm looking for a translation of the Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear on behalf of my friend who is making a collection of this poem in as many languages as he can, just for fun. He's 97-year-old and this hobby gives him a great pleasure. Edward Lear: The Owl and the Pussycat He started about a year ago and we managed to get it in more than 30 languages so far. Because we are running out of resources I decided to ask help from communities who dedicated to translation. It doesn't need to be a professional translation. Here's a website that I started to set up to share all the translations that we've got so far. Some of them was made by poets but most of them just by friends or people who we run into in different places (waiters of the local restaurant, nurses from hospital, etc). They did the best they could and they just did it for fun and because they wanted to add their own language to this collection. The Owl and the Pussy-cat translation collection The site is under construction, at the moment just a flash version available. Here is the list of the languages that we've got so far: Afrikaans Catalan Chinese Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Finnish French Frisian German Greek Hebrew Hungarian Italian Korean Kyrgyz Latin Lithuanian Macedonian Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian Nynorsk Polish Portuguese Portuguese (Brazilian) Russian Slovenian Spanish Swedish Tagalog (Pilipino) Turkish Welsh We've got a Thai version but just only the first verse, so we're looking for the remaining two. There are an Arabic, a Hindi and two different Hebrew version which are handwritten. We are looking for someone who would be able to type them in. If you could translate it into any language that is not on the list that would be a great help for us. For exchange I always mention who did the translation at the end of the poem and if you wish it can be linked to your website or email address. Thanks again for anyone who will help us. -=Pimpoapo=-
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06-02-2008, 09:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
pimpoapo Growing Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: UK Posts: 26 pimpoapo is an unknown character at this point	Hi everyone, We changed the address for the collection website to the following: http://www.bompa.org Have a nice day and thank you for your help, -=Pimpoapo=-
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