Texts & Translations
New translations into English of Yiddish language materials including poetry, stories, essays, and archival materials of all kinds. Original Yiddish texts are presented in a standardized orthography and are fully searchable.
Texts & Translation
דער מאַרש צו די גױים
The March to the Goyim
A no-holds-barred essay from Jacob Glatstein on publishing, translation, and world literature.
Jan 23, 2017
Texts & Translation
וועגן דעם ווערט פֿון איבערזעצונגען
On the Worth of Translations
In this 1910 essay, Chaim Zhitlowsky examines how the translation of works of world literature into Yiddish can be a way to establish Yiddish as a kultur-shprakh, a language as modern and expressive as European languages.
Aug 11, 2015