Yes!! I have Eliot's article in the Times somewhere.
A very thorough review.

Cheers,
Peter
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rickard A. Parker" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: TS Eliot: "the heart of light"


> Peter Montgomery wrote:
> >
> > As for the NRSV I would appreciate any general thoughts you have about
its language quality.
> > It has been adopted by the Catholic Church in Canada as THE official
translation for use in liturgies. As a proclaimer of the word and an english
teacher, I am astounded at the grammatical laxness especially in sentence
structure and paragraphing. In some cases
> > I have found it nigh on impossible to proclaim in such a way that it
makes real sense.
> >
> > I fear accuracy of translation has triumphed over all other values
including the
> > real meaning of the original.
> >
> > Frankly I'm appalled. The New Jerusalem Bible is sweet poetry in
comparison.
>
>
> An Eliot quote:
>     After a few pleasantries, he asked me if I had read The New English
>     Bible.  When I said I hadn't he said, "I think you will be dismayed by
>     it, as I am, William.  Not just stylistic losses, nuances gone,
language
>     forced, but, for example, instead of being admonished not to cast
pearls
>     before swine, we are now instructed, 'Do not feed your pearls to pigs'
>     -- and so the meaning is quite destroyed."
>
>
> William Turner Levy was an American Episcopal priest who, although much
> younger than Eliot became friends with him. Turner wrote of Eliot and
> their correspondence in the book:
>      William Turner Levy and Victor Scherle,
>      "Affectionately, T.S. Eliot"
>      J.B. Lippincott, New York, 1968
> The quote above was from page 127
>
> Regards,
>      Rick Parker