Binyavanga Wainaina inspired me and a whole generation of Kenyans to put pen to paper. Christine Mungai I would not be a writer today if it wasn’t for Binyavanga Wainaina. When I was 21, in my third year of university, I was on what was called an “attachment” – a kind of internship required by …
Amir Hassan Cheheltan has spent years publishing articles and novels in German. His latest book “The Steadfast Parrot” has also been published first in German. Though the author himself lives in Tehran, the question remains as to whether it can be released in Iran. By Volker Kaminski In Cheheltanʹs new book, subtitled “Memories of Iran …
Collegiate Assistant Professor Miguel Caballero Vázquez and second-year Maya Osman-Krinsky talk to The Maroon about their exhibit on the poetry of the Spanish Civil War. By Zoe Bean What happens when fascism wins? This is the title and overarching concern of the Regenstein Library exhibit created by Collegiate Assistant Professor Miguel Caballero Vázquez and second-year Maya …
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Emil A. Wcela – May 08, 2019 “Literal, reverent, faithful to the Latin original, suited to a sacred function like the Divine Liturgy”? Or “clunky, with run-on Latin sentences where the subject is long forgotten by the time one gets to the object, a misguided attempt to teach Latin grammar and vocabulary by means of …
BY LEA KREININ IN BOOKS, CULTURE · MAY 8, 2019 Lea Kreinin interviews the Scottish publisher, Allan Cameron, who has started to publish Estonian literature in English. Allan Cameron is a Scottish writer, translator and publisher who lives in Glasgow. He has already published translations of several books from Estonian literature, by Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Andrei Ivanov, Mari …
BY JADE MORGANFIELD, STAFF WRITER – MAY 2, 2019 Filed under Around Campus, Champaign-Urbana, News University graduate student in creative writing, Edgar Garbelotto received recognition for his translation of the Brazilian novel “Lord,” written by João Gilberto Noll, into English. The novel was originally written in Portuguese and was reviewed by The New York Times. Garbelotto also participated in …
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In her debut novel “A Place for Us” about an Indian-American Muslim family, Fatima Farheen Mirza conveys a universal and unique story, revealing the generation gap between the parents and their three children. In conversation with Schayan Riaz, the author talks about the lack of Muslim characters in fiction and moving out to become a …
By JOON YOUNG KWON As English is a de facto lingua franca of the world, many countries opt to incorporate English words into their languages. In doing so, translation of English has become an important part of their language systems, and has significantly affected daily communication. In this article, I would like to explore how East …
Sam Jarman is a freelance writer based in the UK New research suggests that the sudden ability of young children to understand and form complex sentences is comparable to a physical phase transition. Using principles from statistical mechanics, Eric DeGiuli at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris has explained the abrupt transition by comparing a child’s …
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ERICA SUNARJO — April 10, 2019 Communication is the key to understanding. When dealing with different languages, particularly in the legal sector, correct translations are vital for success. In the era of globalization, almost every law firm and governmental institution faces the necessity of translating documents from one language to another. As a rule, minutes of …
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