SEELANGS" Omissions in translations?

[David Powelstock]

I'm glad Words Without Borders came up, because it is a wonderful
enterprise. If you care about world literature and/or translation, this is
THE online site to visit. Susan Harris, whom some of you will remember as a
great friend to Slavic Studies when she worked at Northwestern University
Press, is on their editorial staff.

Cheers,
David

David Powelstock
Brandeis University

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Melissa Smith <mtsmith02 at ysu.edu> wrote:

> Thanks, Russell. I found that one could subscribe to "Words without
> Borders" for free. Perhaps that is there theis discussion belongs!
>
> Melissa Smith
>
> On 12/14/10 10:59 AM, Valentino, Russell wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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?
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > 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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