Alice translation

[Jimm Goodtracks]

Dear Erik Hanson:

I cannot refute what you say below in regard to your statement that Alice in Wonderland, the Bible, Koran and Shakespeare are the most translated and published in various languages of the world.  If you say so, I will take it as so on face value.  However, I assure you that in the last 115 years here in Indian Country, USA, there has been no interest in these four works of literature on the part of an member of the indigenous communities of the Northern and Southern Plains that represent the Siouan, Caddoan and other indigenous languages families.  

As such, for my part, I have not available time to spend in satisfying someone’s whims to translate some phrase or work of no consequence to the language  communities just for the hell of it, i.e., the sake of making a translation.  Such tasks can be given to the idle hands of someone who has nothing better to do with their time.

Sincerely, 
Jimm G. Goodtracks
Jimm G. Goodtracks
Báxoje Jiwére Language Project
PO Box 55
Tecumseh, KS 66542


Ukínadheda wawáŋarana, ich^é nahá, injé etáwe waróxiñeda adáñešdan – wógiñi kigróšige íthgare ke.
“In the middle of resisting, the language got caught, only showing her face in ceremony, like she’s ashamed of her scars.”
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Erik Hanson 
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 9:54 AM 
To: Jimm Goodtracks 
Subject: Alice translation 

Hello:

"Alice" is one of the standards that translators deal with and think about. It's the fourth most quoted work in history (after the Bible, Koran,  and the complete works of Shakespeare) and the only one of the four both secular and of a manageable size. It has already been translated and published into 125 languages, back to the 1860s and probably a few more unpublished. There is no insult to be read into a desire for a short bit, at least, to be rendered into any/every language. I do question the merits of that particular bit. 

Regards, Erik


Sent from my iPhone, please forgive typos and brevity.
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