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Translation: A Constant Act of Balancing Words
by Lea-Marie Schneider Translation can be done in several ways with different emphases and different theories in mind. The focus we had was based on one of Walkowitz’s theories about the Born Translated: The Contemporary Novel in an Age of … Continue reading
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Tagged Born Translated, Laila Lalami, Rebecca Walkowitz, Translation
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Confronting the West with Mustafa’s Story: Translating Laila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account as a Process of Amplifying Voices
by Leonita Rexhaj, Zainab Al-Tekreeti, and Anna Prickarz Laila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account tells the story of Mustafa ibn Muhammad ibn Abdussalam al-Zamori, the slave of a Spanish conquistador. The fictional memoir is written in the first person, creating the … Continue reading
Lost in Translation? Interpreting and Identity in Suki Kim’s The Interpreter
The Interpreter (2003) is the first novel by Suki Kim, who was born in Korea and immigrated to the US with her parents at the age of thirteen. The plot revolves around the interpreter Suzy Park, also born in Korea and … Continue reading
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Tagged The Interpreter, Translation
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