[Aaus-list] FW: Program for Emerging Translators

[Chernetsky, Vitaly A]

Dear Colleagues,
FYI. To me, the cover e-mail is a bit clumsily formulated, but it looks like they are targeting this program specifically at translators into English who are not native speakers of English.

Best,
VC

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Vitaly Chernetsky
Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Director, Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
tel. (785) 864-4238 (CREES); 864-2359 (Slavic)
vchernetsky at ku.edu
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From: Dalkey Archive Applied Literary Translation Program [translation at dalkeyarchive.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 2:05 AM
To: Chernetsky, Vitaly A
Subject: Program for Emerging Translators

Dear Colleague,
I'm writing to a select number of academics in non-English universities to ask for your help.
   There is a strong resistance to having translators from non-English countries translate their country’s literary works into English based upon the view that only a native of English can properly render a work into English.
   My repeated experience in working with non-English translators is that they produce translations either equal or far superior to that done by English-speaking translators because they bring a natural, firsthand sensibility to the work of literary prose from their country that English-speakers can rarely achieve. Further, whatever shortcoming they may have, are successfully worked out with a good editor who can supply the right sound and sense.
    If given the choice, I would rather want a non-native to work with, despite how unpopular this view is.
    I would ask that you circulate the attachment to your students or recent graduates who are dedicated to literary translation, especially that of fiction. Dalkey Archive and the University of Houston-Victoria are now inviting applications for the Summer sessions of their Certificate in Applied Literary Translation. This three-month program results in Dalkey Archive publishing participants’ translations, and this first translation will lead them to much more work with Dalkey Archive or other publishers. And by training translators from your country, Dalkey will be able to take on publishing more of your country's fiction.
    I hope that this sounds meaningful enough that you will circulate this notice on your departmental listserve and to individuals.
    Thanks, and let me know if you have any questions.
Best,

John O’Brien, Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
www.dalkeyarchive.com
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