Technological change is turning the world of translation upside down. Client expectations are changing, which leads to the emergence of new job profiles and tasks. What is in store for translation in a multilingual, communication-oriented world? Visions and tools were...
Is it possible to translate a funny German poem into English? Is it possible to express grief and loneliness with the same degree of subtlety in several languages? Does it help to talk to the author when translating a poem? These were some of the questions addressed...
Poetry is translatable. Without translatability, we would know very little about the Odyssey and the Commedia, about Petrarch’s love and Rimbaud’s suffering. Many would be oblivious to Faust’s striving and Cavafy’s longing. Our trees would not remind us of the myths...
A dream. A nightmare. In Limbo where dead poets “set the world to rights” a translator meets a crowd of people – or shades, if you will. Trying to start a conversation with one of them, he is immediately recognized as the one who “ruined my best poem.” The dead poet...
Fremdsprachenkenntnisse stehen in diesen globalisierten Zeiten im Mittelpunkt des Interesses. Zum kommenden Tag der Muttersprache am 21. Februar drehe ich den Spieß um! 10 Thesen zu unserer ganz eigenen Sprache: Ein guter Übersetzer beherrscht seine Muttersprache...
Three events were held at the University of Bristol with the interlinking aims of celebrating translation, remembering Ernst Jünger, and honouring the winners of a recent Ernst Jünger Translation Competition. Thomas Friese presented some of the challenges any...
