A Journal of Translation
Issue 15 Summer 2019’s collection of publications.
Dear Readers, Let’s get into some definitions. First, translation – a speculative form.1 The translator-interpreter conveys meaning between one language and another––or between media, or between experiences, or between one genre of signifier and some other completely orthogonal genre of …
Original by Evelyn “Lucky” Sassafras – Evelyn Sassafras Murdock is a creative force in the final year of her MFA at UC-San Diego. Her work is fueled by her experiences as a queer punk who grew up in the …
Original by Ayah Raafat Translated, from the Arabic, by Essam M. Al-Jassim Only silence is allowed here. You can cry, shout, and wail, but you do so without uttering a sound. When I was a little boy, I went with …
Original by Andrea Zelaya Translated, from the Spanish, by the author We were lying down, at night, looking at the stars, you and I. Only there weren’t any stars that we could look at. We were pretending. We were on …
Original by Siloh Radovsky Adapted, from the Lasse Hallström film, by the author Let’s pretend: I am the Chocolatier. Carrying colonial blood around in wooden vessels; also, the woman who refuses to stay, moving from place to place only to …
Original by Dr. Kanakalata Hathi Translated, from the Odia, by Suchona Patnaik Rumours and gossips abound about Gopa. There are many voices about her, beyond what is true. Talks do die down. Tomorrow tends to forget today. Again some dark …
By Laura Yasan Translated, from the Spanish, by Phoebe Carter organic chemistry all the time it takes the heart to forget music and get used to the sound of dead leaves emitted by memory when it moves on all …
Original by Clara Dawson I. It isn’t all that bad I guess. Being a dog. You never have to worry about where your next meal comes from and there’s always someone to pick up your shit. The people I live …