SEELANGS" Omissions in translations?

[Valentino, Russell]

I use comparative translation regularly and also ask students to create versions of their own translations in some classes. There are some drawbacks: comparative translations are generally only available for works in the public domain, which means it's more difficult to get a broad cross-section of gender, race, and class when using them; for long prose works, it's not generally practical. I've had good success using it with Eugene Onegin.

On this topic, some might find the pieces I wrote on the use of translation in teaching for WWB a while back useful. There are three: "Teaching in Translation," "Translation and Proficiency Language Teaching," and "Translation and the Teaching of Literature." You can find the last one here: http://wordswithoutborders.org/dispatches/article/translation-and-the-teaching-of-literature/, along with links backward to the other two.

Russell


Russell Scott Valentino
Professor and Chair
Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature
http://ccl.clas.uiowa.edu
Editor, The Iowa Review
http://www.iowareview.org
University of Iowa
tel. 319-335-2827



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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Melissa Smith
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 3:34 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] SEELANGS" Omissions in translations?

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In other words, what was lost in translation was found in pedagogy, I 
hope! Does anyone comparative translations as a regular part of their 
work with students?

Thanks,

Melissa Smith


Melissa T. Smith, Professor
Department of Foreign Languages and 
Literatures  
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555
Tel: (330)941-3462

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