Almost 52 per cent of voters in a small group of islands off the west coast of Europe have decided to leave. The immediate result has been panic, fear – and a racist backlash, hitting the biggest minority of non-UK citizens,…
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A Polish contribution to statistics
Tagged with: Clare Cavanagh, EU Referendum, Polish, Stanisław Barańczak, Translation, Wisława Szymborska
Posted in international, poetry, translation
Posted in international, poetry, translation
Tutaj / here
“Granted, in daily speech, where we don’t stop to consider every word, we all use phrases like ‘the ordinary world,’ ‘ordinary life,’ ‘the ordinary course of events’ … But in the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing…
Tagged with: Clare Cavanagh, Nobel Prize, Poetry, Polish, Stanisław Barańczak, Tomasz Stańko, Translation, Tutaj/here, Wisława Szymborska, writing, znak
Posted in books, poetry, translation
Posted in books, poetry, translation
Shakespeare 400: Sonnets in translation
Shakespeare died 4 centuries ago this year, and the English celebrations have begun in style. Translations of some of his best loved work show how he has captured the global imagination – and been localised along the way. Shakespeare’s Globe…
Tagged with: Christa Schuenke, German, Globe Theatre, Polish, Shakespeare, Stanisław Barańczak, Translation
Posted in literature, poetry, theatre, translation
Posted in literature, poetry, theatre, translation
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