MCLC: Lingenfelter lecture

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Andrea Lingenfelter <ondi at speakeasy.org>
Subject: Lingenfelter lecture
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For anybody in the Bay Area, I'll be giving a public lecture this coming
Tuesday at University of San Francisco.

Andrea

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Journeys through Time and Space: Bridging Worlds with Translation

<http://usfcal.usfca.edu/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J7WZLoxPWB%2fO5JAg
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February 11, 2014, 5:00pm-6:30pm, Berman Room, Fromm Hall
University of San Francisco
    
Translating contemporary Chinese literature, Andrea Lingenfelter bridges
cultures via a craft that intersects scholarship and art. Dr.Lingenfelter
will talk about what she has learned in her life as a translator of
poetry, fiction, and film subtitles. Informed by decades of experience
with different genres, she will address some of the issues that confront
the translatorórhetoric, style, esthetics, sound and syntax, idioms,
culture, audience, and ethics.

Drawing on her own work, Dr. Lingenfelter will explore some fundamental
differences between poetry, prose, and spoken language that become
striking when we translate them. She will also talk about some of the ways
that differences in language and cultural background affect how audiences
experience and respond to works of literature. How do translators try to
bridge those gaps? How do they do justice to the original work while
simultaneously offering a meaningful experience to a new audience? How is
translating a novel set in the 16th century different from translating a
novel set in the late 20th century? What is special about subtitles? How
does Mainland poetry have to be approached, as opposed to poetry from Hong
Kong or Taiwan? What information can a translator add for the benefit of
readers? What has to be left out, and why? Join us for a lively discussion
of these issues and more.

For more information, please contact Krysten Cogswell Elbers,
elbers at usfca.edu.