Mock Turtle writes “From the AP wire via Salon comes the report of a new Latin translation of the immortal Dr. Seuss classic, “Green Eggs and Ham,” here retitled, “Virent Ova! Viret Perna!!”
Other Seuss titles have been translated into Latin and been well received (“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “The Cat in the Hat” have sold a combined 60,000 copies in Latin).
What’s different here is that instead of a literal translation of the story, translators Terence and Jennifer Tunberg went for a reproduction of the Seusslike rhythm. “This book doesn’t just look like a Seuss book. It sounds like a Seuss book,” wrote reviewer Sharon Kazmierski.”
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