Hello everyone--I'm brand new to this listserv and I'm excited about it.
I'm writing a doctoral thesis about Vonarburg's works and I would like to
know if you have a reference for the essay you've mentioned about
translation. There seems to be a lot of theorizing going on right now
about the stickiness of translation. thanks, lorie
On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Nalo Hopkinson wrote:
> NH: Hi, Sheryl. The Elgin books would have been the first I would have
> recommended. There's also Samuel Delany's _Babel 17,_ although Suzette
> Elgin told me that he gets some of his linguistic principles wrong in
> that one. And I don't know that any of her books are *about*
> translation, but Quebecer Elisabeth Vonarburg writes in both French and
> English. I know that she has an essay about the difference between
> writing the same text in two languages vs. translating it from one
> language to the other.
>
> -nalo
>
> On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Sheryl Curtis wrote:
>
> > Hi:
> >
> > I'm fairly new to the list and although I enjoy reading you all, I don't
> > have much time to post. Now I'd like your help. I teach French to English
> > translation part-time at Concordia University. The course I generally teach
> > is the introductory course, so there is little focus on translation theory
> > or history, which is covered in other courses. In addition to the practical
> > work we do in the course, I generally make my students read one book on
> > translation theory. I have been thinking of trying something new next fall
> > and having them read science fiction books or short stories which discuss
> > translation. I am familiar with the first two Native tongue books and I
> > believe I read on this list a couple of weeks that there is a third one, for
> > which I would be grateful for a reference. What I would like to know is if
> > any of you could give me authors and titles which would be appropriate. If
> > the material is feminist it would be even better, since the large majority
> > of translation students and translators are also women. Anyway, any help
> > will be appreciated.
> >
> > Sheryl C.
> > Montreal, Quebec
> >
>
Lorie Sauble-Otto
Dept. of French & Italian
Mod Lang 549
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
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