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Am I My Brother's Reader? : The State of Yiddish Literary Translation

University of British Columbia. Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies

“In this presentation, I examine recent developments in the translation of Yiddish literature into English in the United States and Canada. Providing an overview of the field, I show how translation from Yiddish has shifted from a practice largely rooted in nostalgia, Holocaust memory, and Cold War politics, to a broader phenomenon aimed at both a linguistically assimilated in-group of readers as well as a more global audience. Paying special attention to fundamental translation studies issues regarding audience and readership in the specific context of contemporary Yiddish culture, the talk will also include reading from select texts in both languages.”

eng

2024-02-07

Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87419

Unreviewed

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/