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JennyHallu · 01-05-2007, 05:49 AM

But "wench" doesn't mean waitress, and you don't use it merely to refer to waitress, but just as a generic term for a working girl, no matter her station or role. And I would be satisfied with the phrases "serving girl", "kitchen helper", "scullery maid", anything that doesn't mean, to the readers here, "strumpet". Besides, to refer to commoners as "ladies" is a much bigger misuse of a technical term.

EDIT: And technically, can a word be an anachronism when technically everything's in translation anyway? It is a poor translation that deliberately uses phrases and words unfamiliar to those who read the new text, unless they are technical terms explained in footnotes, as in translations of Aristotle's Poetics.

01-05-2007, 05:49 AM	#1425
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	But "wench" doesn't mean waitress, and you don't use it merely to refer to waitress, but just as a generic term for a working girl, no matter her station or role. And I would be satisfied with the phrases "serving girl", "kitchen helper", "scullery maid", anything that doesn't mean, to the readers here, "strumpet". Besides, to refer to commoners as "ladies" is a much bigger misuse of a technical term. EDIT: And technically, can a word be an anachronism when technically everything's in translation anyway? It is a poor translation that deliberately uses phrases and words unfamiliar to those who read the new text, unless they are technical terms explained in footnotes, as in translations of Aristotle's Poetics. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles! Last edited by JennyHallu; 01-05-2007 at 05:53 AM.