Why do translators find kafka's the metamorphosis difficult to translate? a. the short story has already been translated a number of times. b. a lot of kafka's original words are open to multiple interpretations. c. most translators find the subject matter boring. d. kafka left clear instructions on how he wanted his work translated.

The correct answer is: B) A lot of Kafka's original words are open to multiple interpretations.

When translating from one language to another, sometimes words can't be substituted in a very precise way as they mean different things in the original language. Sometimes the words translated can't capture the right tone, the right mood or the right cultural reference. The transaltor then, has to make a choice between a lot of things, for example alliteration or word choice. In the case of "The Metamorphosis", a lot of Kafka's words can mean different things in English and translators have had a lot of trouble making those choices. Since the first sentence thay have had problems. It states that the principal character wakes up being a kind of giant bug but it can also be a cockroach, an insect or a vermin.

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

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