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“For the modern American reader, few lines in French literature are as famous as the opening of Albert Camus\u2019s \u201cL\u2019\u00c9tranger\u201d: \u201cAujourd\u2019hui, maman est morte<\/em>.\u201d Nitty-gritty tense issues aside, the first sentence of \u201cThe Stranger\u201d is so elementary that even a schoolboy with a base knowledge of French could adequately translate it. So why do the pros keep getting it wrong?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lost in Translation: What the First Line of \u201cThe Stranger\u201d Should Be, The New Yorker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“For the modern American reader, few lines in French literature are as famous as the opening of Albert Camus\u2019s \u201cL\u2019\u00c9tranger\u201d: \u201cAujourd\u2019hui, maman est morte.\u201d Nitty-gritty tense issues aside, the first sentence of \u201cThe Stranger\u201d is so elementary that even a schoolboy with a base knowledge of French could adequately translate it. 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