Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Project 3

Google Collage a Sonnet of The Raven

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Translation Project:
I began with a few paragraphs from Poe's the Raven:


Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door."'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more."

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrowFrom my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore -For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore -Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtainThrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating,"'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door -Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; -This it is, and nothing more."

Translated to Dutch, French, Portuguese and back to English

A time to the one shady midnight, time j' it reflectiu, weak and it tired, more d' they one quaint and the curious volume to forget l' overlevering, pendant that j' it has strained suddenly, almost somnolant, came to deduct, to leave of quelqu' one to be exacto to devagar that it corresponds to my door of chamber. " ; ' ; The Tis one or another visitor, " ; J' it murmured, " ; deducting to my door from chamber - only this, and nothing more." ;

Ah, I remember clearly the shady one in December, and each separate agonisante slag had been manufactured its ghost on the floor. J' it desired the new day impatiently; - vainly would have wanted to loan to me to mine boekensurcease of sadness - attriste for lost Lenore - for rare and rapariga deaquilo shining the angels call each time more Lenore - anĂ³nimo stops here.

E to bruir uncertain sad end each to purper excited curtain me - full me with verschrikkingen fantastic n' it has felt never previously; In way that now, still to the punishment of my heart, I met that it repeats, " ; ' ; The Tis one or another visitor to request entered to my door of chamber - one or another recent visitor to request entered to my door of chamber; - C' it n' it is, and nothing more." ;


I used the cut-it-up method on one of my english papers. I like how this makes you think about the random use of words.
original:

Death of a Flying Preservationist by Valerie Phillips. Do you ever wonder about the insects around you? Do you ever wonder what their day is like? Do you ever wonder if they are as annoyed by us as we are them? Do you wonder if their day-to-day routine is as stressful as yours? Well, you should. Insects may annoy you, birds may charm you with their song, but we should all be collectively concerned with what we are facing. The birds and the bees and other pollinators are dying off, and scientists around the world are baffled and alarmed. When the birds, the bees and the bats have disappeared, so to will flowers, trees, vegetables and fruits. In addition alfalfa, clover and other hay sources that beef and dairy cattle consume, to place meat and milk on the table, will impact the availability of food sources most people take for granted. Pollinators are critical for preserving healthy populations of ecosystems, agricultural crops and vegetable gardens. Worldwide approximately 80 percent of plants grown for food, beverages, and medicine need pollinators in order to transfer pollen between flowers for successful seed and fruit production.
cut-it-up version
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2 comments:

  1. It's really hard to understand what the first text is. A metatext will help the reader to discern what your starting text was and where you went from there. If you hadn't told me, I'm not sure I would have made the connection between the Raven in all three texts.

    I'm not sure how to describe it, but the first text seems to different to me than the other two. It seems..less ... it's hard to describe. It's not for me to make a distinction between what is art and what isn't, but there is some definite sort of difference. Again, as I told you in person, it may be helpful to make these texts more lengthy, as more length may add more depth and give the text as a whole a bigger "feeling".

    About this form of writing, I don't know. It's interesting you can say that - I don't know that I would say authorship belongs solely to you (or anyone else doing this assignment for that matter). You told me you just typed "the raven" in for the first one and that is what you got - I don't know. It's hard to explain. I'm not knocking what you've done, I did the same things to generate text. I'm just not sure I would claim "authorship" , or at least sole authorship.

    As for expansion, I think all texts need to be longer. You need a metatext to explain what it going on.

    Otherwise, Good job! :)

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  2. The first text is interesting. It is what I expected. I like how in the first paragraph it generated a sort of title, reader and venue. Neat.

    The second paragraph has a sense of unity, also. Although the two paragraphs are kind of unrelated, the "12th Street Raven Retail" unifies them.

    The text generated is very different from the original. I don't know what type of algorithm Google Collage uses to generate this type of text, but it seems evident that there is one.

    I would add a few more verses of the poem, just to lengthen it and add more texture.

    The translation is great. I really like how the j' s, d' s, and l' s came into the final translation. That is strange, and it unifies the poem/translation so that it doesn't seem so random. Also, some of the words generated, such as overlevering and exacto add an element of fun. It flows well and has a good sound. I would also consider adding a bit more to this part.

    The cut up works well. It is rich and generates some fun words as well. Caalfalfa, pollinatorcredible and blectively are different! I like it.

    Good work! ERiN

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