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knight errant |
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knight errant (esp in medieval romance) a knight who wanders in search of deeds of courage, chivalry, etc. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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What translators must do, like modern knights errant, is to come as close as we can to the impossible goal," John Rutherford writes in the introduction to his recent Penguin Classics translation of Don Quixote. In between these two points, (6) Tolkien's knights errant move at varying speeds according to the conditions, sometimes (152) abandoning their horses and continuing on foot. |
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