Writing in tongues : translating Yiddish in the twentieth century /

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"Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American assimilation, the survival of traditional Yiddish literature depends on translation, yet a few Yiddish classics...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Norich, Anita, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies.
Subjects:
Yiddish literature > Translating.
Yiddish language > Translating.
Yiddish literature > History and criticism.
Littérature yiddish > Traduction.
Yiddish (Langue) > Traduction.
Littérature yiddish > Histoire et critique.
HISTORY / Jewish.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting.
Yiddish literature
Literatur
Jiddisch
Übersetzung
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Translation Theory and Practice: The Yiddish Difference; Chapter 2. How Tevye Learned to Fiddle; Chapter 3. Remembering Jews: Translating Yiddish after the Holocaust; Chapter 4. Returning to and from the Ghetto: Yankev Glatshteyn; Chapter 5. Concluding Lines and Conclusions; Appendix A. Anna Margolin's "Maris tfile" in Yiddish and Translations; Appendix B. Twelve Translations of Yankev Glatshteyn's "A gute nakht, velt"; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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