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Learning Through Translation
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11 minutes
Released:
Aug 29, 2018
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Today we feature poems translated this past spring and summer by some of Marcela's translation seminar students at Bar-Ilan University. After studying and discussing various translation theories, and becoming familiar with different poetic traditions and styles, these graduate and undergraduate students chose a poet and translated their work. The poems in this episode were translated by Aya Abu Riash, Yavni Bar-Yam, and Hiba Jiryis. Text: “Bigger Than All Words” by Nizzar Qabbani, translated by Aya Abu Riash “The Big Billybong” by Roy “Chicky” Arad, translated by Yavni Bar-Yam “A Prayer to the New Year” by Fadwa Tuqan, translated by Hiba Jiryis
Released:
Aug 29, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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A poet tough as nails: Hannah Szenes was only 23 years old when she was executed before a firing squad in Nazi-occupied Budapest. She was attempting to rescue Jews who were about to be deported to Auschwitz. In her short life, she became a poet, farmer, and... by Israel in Translation