Feb

6 2015

Yiddish Translation Matters (Mayrent-UW)

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Helen C. White Hall, Room 7191 600 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53706
608.890.4818 info@mayrentinstitute.wisc.edu
http://mayrentinstitute.wisc.edu/events/anita-norich/

Contact Jessica Courtier
608.890.4818
info@mayrentinstitute.wisc.edu
http://mayrentinstitute.wisc.edu/events/anita-norich/

Presented by Anita Norich, Yiddish scholar and author

Although only 2-3% of Yiddish literature has been translated into English, some poems and stories have been translated many times. This talk asks why and analyzes what these variant translations tell us about changes in the status of Yiddish, about Jewish American cultural transformations, and about translation itself.

Sponsor: UW-Madison Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture