Friday, April 22, 2022

 

Naked Facts

Victor Klemperer (1881-1960), The Language of the Third Reich. LTI – Lingua Tertii Imperii: A Philologist's Notebook, tr. Martin Brady (2000; rpt. London: Continuum, 2006), p. 10:
[W]hen reading the newspaper I desperately tried to fish out the naked facts — forlorn enough in their nakedness — from the repulsive morass of speeches, commentaries and articles.

[B]ei der Zeitungslektüre war ich ängstlich bemüht, die nackten Tatsachen — sie waren in ihrer Nacktheit schon trostlos genug — aus der ekelhaften Brühe der Reden, Kommentare und Artikel herauszufischen.
Hat tip: Dave Haxton, fellow lover of language and friend.



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