Gaston Bachelard Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: June 27, 1884 - October 16, 1962
Birthday: June 27
Death: October 16
This word "description" may be disconcerting when used to refer to what is generally called a translation. But when one wishes to render a verbal creation (as opposed to a didactic statement) from one language to another, he is confronted with two equally unsatisfactory choices. He may, according to his talents, elaborate a similar, but never identical creation, or he may describe that creation as completely as possible in his own language.
topic: Two, Choices, Wish, Didactic
