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The Problem of Materiality in Yiddish Translation
In the second essay in our series of reflections on translating Yiddish in the twenty-first century, Sarah Ponichtera thinks about how we can bring a sense of materiality to our translations.
May 04, 2016
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Precarious Chains: Reflections on Translating Yiddish
Chief Editor Saul Noam Zaritt introduces our series of essays reflecting on the state of Yiddish translation.
May 01, 2016
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Vilne? Vilna? Wilno? Vilnius?: Place Names in Yiddish
Our editorial team discusses/debates our guidelines for translating and transliterating place names from the Yiddish.
Mar 20, 2016
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On Translating (and Not Being) Jonathan Boyarin
Naomi Seidman reflects on having translated Jonathan Boyarin’s Yiddish Science and the Postmodern and asks: what power does Yiddish have in our world of nonstop chatter, of ubiquitous and generalized marginality, of planetary precarity?
Mar 13, 2016
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The Real First Translation of Bashevis into English!
Think you know when Bashevis was first translated into English? Think again!
Sep 20, 2015