Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 20 AIL 1909 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter In"
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The idea
Longfellow gives the inscription over the gate as all hope abandon, ye who enter in. The word order is inverted and the pronoun is archaic, neither of which is required by the Italian. The translator has chosen an elevated English register.
In practice
An elevated English register, chosen.
Where people slip
The inversion is the translator's.
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