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The art of failure in translating a Navajo poem

This article engages John Ciardi’s famous dictum that translation is « the art of failure » by engaging in a thick translation and a creative transposition of a short poem in Navajo by Rex Lee Jim. I begin with reflections on recent discussions in anthropology on translation and voice – both of whic...

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Hoofdauteur: Webster, Anthony K.
Formaat: Artigo
Taal:Inglês
Gepubliceerd in: Société des américanistes 2016
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Online toegang:https://doi.org/10.4000/jsa.14602
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/h9c3
https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/14602
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