A Journal of Translation
Issue 14 Winter 2019’s collection of publications.
Dear Readers, There is a conventional way to write this letter: charming, urbane, and well-mannered. In many ways that letter was easier, dictated by a series of expectations. But that draft felt too polished. It kept sliding away from the …
Original by Abner Dormiendo Translated, from the Tagalog, by Ethan Chua Antipolo is still in Antipolo In Antipolo I started my studies In Antipolo, maybe we’ll live together In Antipolo, they’ve put up many resorts I still go home to Antipolo …
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Originals by Kadham Khanjar, Areej Dawara, and Malik Al-batly Co-translated, from the Arabic, by authors and David Allen Sullivan Breaking News: Mass Grave Found Near… Kadhem Khanjar Yesterday I went to the Coroner’s Office. They asked for a DNA …
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Originals by Ángel José Fernández Translated, from the Spanish, by Yasmín Rojas Unsent letter [A terrestrial message] … love towards cherished ones is in you a lot more than in me. In you, it is a daily state, in me …
Original by Sara Shagufta Translated, from the Urdu, by Arshi Yaseen My Three Flowers are Thirsty Falling of the mother’s tears to the ground Is mere a thing of fun for the folks around I’ve only seven days left …
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Translated, from the Chinese, by C.F. Helsinki, or: Englished from the Chinese by that eminent Divine, Dr —–, using the admirable Gloss of Mr Rosenfelder Ji-ji, ji-ji, Magnolia weaves the thread, And sighs, so that the loom seems quieted. “What’s …
Original by Gérard de Nerval Translated, from the French, by Nolan Dannels I am the dark—the Widower—the inconsolable, the prince of Aquitaine in the abolished tower: my only star is dead, and my starry lyre bears the black sun …