[Buddha-l] Translating the Words of the Buddha conference

[Christopher Fynn]

Jayarava wrote:
 > --- On Fri, 20/3/09, Christopher Fynn <cfynn at gmx.net> wrote:
 >
 >> Landmark Translation Conference Draws World’s Leading
 >> Translators to Remote Himalayan Region...
 >
 > Did anyone else imagine this being read in the voice of the movie 
trailer guy...?
 >
 > JR
 >

The influence of Hollywood is there - Dzongsar Khyentse, the lama 
hosting this conference, is after all the maker of a couple of movies 
("The Cup" and "Travellers & Magicians").

Some of the speeches on the discussion board at:
<http://www.facebook.com/board.php?uid=59296950597> are better than the 
blurb - which does go over the top. I think they are trying to attract 
patrons to help sponsor the project ~ and perhaps they think this kind 
of promotional language gets rich people to open their wallets.

- Chris