Livre d'Or

Ooh, lovely poem. I too love arguments in verse, and I tend to your side of this argument... Some of the most powerful experiences I've had in Shakespeare have been in some fashion translations. And I'm resistant to interpretations of the Bard that act like he was some infallible deity of the theater whose every word was perfectly placed. It's fine with me, in addition to saying that Shakespeare needs translation because language has evolved, to say that Shakespeare's language needs translation because it is sometimes obtuse and otherwise flawed.