Discuss How might (or might not) the literature’s meaning change given your translation? What was it like to do translation work? What do you like most about your translation? What might you do differently?
For this assignment, read Anne Carson’s essay on translation as well as the excerpt from Dante’s Inferno translated by Mary Jo Bang, all posted on BB under Course Documents in the Reading Assignment folder. Next, translate the passage from the Inferno into your own English–your own personal style. Last, provide a 200-word translator’s statement where you explain the choices that […]