Like A Dream, Disintegrated, And The Alchemist By Abd Al Malik,
2017
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Like A Dream, Disintegrated, And The Alchemist By Abd Al Malik, Siobhan M. Mei
Transference
Translated from French by Siobhan Meï
Ix.91 By Martial,
2017
Queens College, CUNY
Staying Again At Youqi Temple By Yao Nai And The Peaks Along The River Are Green By Zhang Dai,
2017
Independent Scholar
Staying Again At Youqi Temple By Yao Nai And The Peaks Along The River Are Green By Zhang Dai, Andrew Gudgel
Transference
Translated from Chinese by Andrew Gudgel
Ferns By Kaneko Mitsuharu,
2017
University of Kentucky
Ferns By Kaneko Mitsuharu, Douglas Slaymaker
Transference
Translated from Japanese by Doug Slaymaker
Puzzle By Viviane Mellerio-Grasser,
2017
None
Puzzle By Viviane Mellerio-Grasser, Madeleine Mcdonald
Transference
Translated from French by Madeleine McDonald
Five Rings By Chen Li,
2017
Western Michigan University
Five Rings By Chen Li, Elaine Wong
Transference
Translated from Chinese by Elaine Wong
A Woman Moving Within Me By Nizar Qabbani,
2017
University of Alberta
A Woman Moving Within Me By Nizar Qabbani, Houssem Ben Lazreg
Transference
Translated from Arabic by Houssem Ben Lazreg
Sonnet 19 By Rainer Maria Rilke,
2017
Western Michigan University
Sonnet 19 By Rainer Maria Rilke, David Radavich
Transference
Translated from German by David Radavich
White Egret By Li Bai,
2017
Western Michigan University
White Egret By Li Bai, Hyacinthus Meredith
Transference
Translated from Chinese by Hyacinthus Meredith
Slow Jazz, Recklessness, Nightmares, And Void By Ashraf Zaghal,
2017
University of California, Irvine
Slow Jazz, Recklessness, Nightmares, And Void By Ashraf Zaghal, Ghada Mourad
Transference
Translated from Arabic by Ghada Mourad
Foreword,
2017
Western Michigan University
Transference Vol. 4, Fall 2016,
2017
Western Michigan University
Translating Migrant Worker Poetry : Whose Voices Get Heard And How?,
2017
Fairbank Center, Harvard University
Translating Migrant Worker Poetry : Whose Voices Get Heard And How?, Eleanor Goodman
Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報
Translation involves the art of knowing when to get out of the way—and of knowing when to get in the way. Chinese migrant worker poetry brings this issue to the fore with unusual urgency, as its language often breaks the rules for being “poetic” or “elegant.” But what is being conveyed by the language these poets employ, and what is lost if the translator yields to the temptation to smooth out the rough edges? And how does the act of translating and anthologizing these poets affect the ways in which they are read?
Dog Barking At The Moon : Transcreation Of A Meme In Art And Poetry,
2017
University of London
Dog Barking At The Moon : Transcreation Of A Meme In Art And Poetry, Cosima Bruno
Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報
This essay explores the dynamics of transcreation in art and poetry, focusing on the image of a dog barking at the moon in four Taiwanese poems. By putting them in connection with each other and with other texts from different times and artistic traditions, I wish to contribute to a dismantling of the “influence paradigm,” move beyond contestations over the comparative approach, and demonstrate a critical method that recognizes the enduring fascination for the meme but equally appreciates change, approximation and adaptation, rather than closed-off conversion from a source text to a target text.
Mapping Hong Kong’S Atlas,
2017
Lingnan University
Mapping Hong Kong’S Atlas, Christopher Mattison
Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報
Rooted in the broader project of representing Hong Kong through the visual and literary arts, the Hong Kong Atlas book series seeks to build a set of heritage-based networks through a literary series consisting primarily of paperback and digital editions, including bilingual poetry collections. The individual voices of the authors and translators combine to reorient the complexities of memory in relation to Hong Kong’s constantly shifting pasts.
The Cultural Translation Of Battlers Poetry (Dagong Shige),
2017
Leiden University
The Cultural Translation Of Battlers Poetry (Dagong Shige), Maghiel Van Crevel
Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報
Contemporary mainland-Chinese poetry displays a great deal of diversity and dynamism. Battlers poetry (dagong shige)—writing by members of the underclass of domestic migrant workers—is a relatively recent arrival. This essay delves into the discourse surrounding battlers poetry and its interactions with other poetry “departments,” particularly that of avant-garde poetry. It does so from the perspective of cultural translation. I argue that this is especially helpful for understanding the dynamics of battlers poetry, and of “poetry” at large as a discursive space in China today. The essay offers a discussion of translated people, texts in transit, commentary as conflict …
Forms Of World Literature And The Taipei Poetry Festival,
2017
Cornell University
Forms Of World Literature And The Taipei Poetry Festival, Nick Admussen
Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報
In poetry anthologies and works of literary criticism, the authority to select which literature can become “world” literature often lies with a single editor or theorist. This essay contrasts those centralizations of authority with the more egalitarian structure of international poetry festivals. Using the 2016 Taipei Poetry Festival as an example, the essay reads the impact of the form of the festival on its audience’s experience of translation, the local in the transnational, and intercultural solidarity. The essay then argues that boredom is a formal flaw in contemporary festivals, and advocates that translations be performed in local vernaculars.
Thematic Patterning In English And Arabic And Its Implications On Translation,
2017
Marshall University
Thematic Patterning In English And Arabic And Its Implications On Translation, Saud Abdulrahman Alshehri
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
This thesis examines patterns of thematization between English and Arabic, demonstrating variations in textual meaning and implications of such an examination on the activity and education of translation. Translators frequently encounter the challenge of positioning clausal constituents at the beginning of a sentence when translating from English to Arabic. The study, drawing on Halliday’s SFL theory, applies the system of Theme as a tool to the analysis of an English text and six Arabic translations to investigate such variations. The analysis also aims to demonstrate to what extent thematic patterning is preserved or changed between the original and target text. …
The Transculturation Of American Poetry In China, 1917-1937,
2017
Lingnan University
The Transculturation Of American Poetry In China, 1917-1937, Chris Song
Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報
This paper offers a critical overview of the reception of American poetry in China from 1917 to 1937. Drawing on Maria Tymoczko’s theory of transculturation, it shows how in order to meet local poetic and ideological demands, America’s New Poetry Movement, Left poetry, and Black poetry were “performed” in (relay) translations by Chinese authors. Understudied to date, these texts reveal a fascinating literary and political process in which American poetry and Chinese poetry were mutually shaped through translation.
Where You End And I Begin : Notes On Subjectivity And Ethics In The Translation Of Poetry,
2017
University of San Francisco
Where You End And I Begin : Notes On Subjectivity And Ethics In The Translation Of Poetry, Andrea Lingenfelter
Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報
What can translation teach us about poetry and poetics? To what extent is a lyric constellation portable, and to what extent is it embedded in a particular culture or language? How much of a foreign syntax can be replicated before things break down? What is the role of sound in a translation? By discussing poems by three poets whose work I have translated—the Taiwanese poet Yang Mu and the mainland-Chinese poets Zhai Yongming and Wang Yin—this paper explores issues such as the above. It connects these issues with the question of “where you end and I begin” and vice versa, …
