[CS] Fwd: Barbara Harshav talk, Apr. 3, 4:30PM EDH 2

[Paula Harmon]

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Subject: 	Re: Barbara's talk--moving towards publicity...
Date: 	Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:48:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: 	Polina Barskova <polibars at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: 	Polina Barskova <polibars at yahoo.com>



> Mellon Grant Initiative in Translation at Hampshire College Invites:
> Barbara Harshav "Text, Subtext, Context: Meanings in 'Jewish' Translation"
> Hampshire College, Emily Dickinson Hall, 2
> April 3, 2013 4.30pm
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> Along with the "normal" issues of translation, translating from 
> "Jewish" languages has its own special set of problems.  These stem 
> primarily from the lack of familiarity with cultural references, which 
> may be drawn from so-called religious practices or from classical and 
> historical Jewish texts and are not in the general set of cultural 
> contexts.
> What is a translator to do, for example, with the word "Tefillin," 
> which translates into English (as it were) as "Phylacteries"?
>
> Barbara Harshav
> Barbara Harshav translates from French, German, and Yiddish, in 
> addition to Hebrew. Her translations from Hebrew include works by 
> prominent authors such as Michal Govrin, Yehudah Amihai, Meir Shalev, 
> and Nobel Laureate S.Y. Agnon. She teaches in the Comparative 
> Literature department at Yale University.
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Paula Harmon, Administrative Assistant
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