Instructor: Machado
W 4:40 PM – 7:30 PM
This seminar is about and for the translator-as-artist. It begins with an introduction to key terms and debates in translation studies with an emphasis on the process of translation, then turns toward a set of translators who also work in other modes of writing: how, why, and what do they translate? In what sense are their various maker practices (in)distinct from one another? The final weeks of the semester are devoted to reading and discussing your in-progress translations which you are required to suitably contextualize for us all. No prior experience with translation is expected or required but you must enter the course with at least intermediate knowledge of a language other than English, with the expectation that you translate into English. Please be generous in evaluating your language skills.