Gary Kern wrote: > > Dear Jüngerites: > > It occurs to me that we have not yet translated the title of DIE SCHERE. > Perhaps it cannot be done until we have read the book entire, but those > who already have read it can advise. In English "The Scissors" > suggests, well, scissors, but also a careful cutting, especially a > cutting in half. The translation "The Shears," however, carries quite > different connotations. Here the instrument and the action are bigger, > grosser and more likely brutal. "Scissors"--careful, meticulous > cutting, artistic and possibly cruel. "Shears"--heavy chopping, razing, > indiscriminate and never kindly. > > GK
What is the Item used by the fates? They use a scissors too, don't they? As this seems to be the source of Jünger's reference, so scissors seems the likely canidate. Abdalbarr
