Translation is an act of liberation. Not in the saviour sense, but in the sense of breaking open the gates and letting new movement in. This applies to both the text – no longer passively fixed in a time and place; it speaks to me and through me writes itself anew – and to language […]
translators in residence
Translating What We Hear
This is a snapshot of an ongoing conversation between Kari Dickson and Nariman Youssef, BCLT Translators in Residence for the Spring term of 2024. KD: While I am reading, musing and thinking about rhythm and music in translation, you’re focusing on translating both ways. And much to our surprise, the two lines of research cross-pollinate […]
A Chapter Ends
My time as Translator in Residency at the BCLT has ended. I don’t know that a single blog will sufficiently encapsulate all of my feelings about this epoch in my life as a translator, but I’ll make a worthy attempt. When describing the residency to others I’ve often called it a ‘revelation’. An apt choice […]
