Translation after 9/11 Emily Apter Download PDF Abstract: Commenting on the judicial scandal of the conviction of Mohammed Yousry, the official translator for the mastermind behind the first World Trade Center bombing, Emily Apter argues that translators occupy an increasingly … Continue reading
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Transit Heimat: Transnational Subjectivity and Mobility in German Theatre Denise Varney Download PDF. Abstract: This paper is interested in themes of translation, transnational subjectivity and mobility in German theatre between 1994 and 2004. It is set within the broader context … Continue reading
Transformative Translations: Cyrillizing and Queering Katrin Pahl Download PDF Abstract: This paper addresses the (im)mobility of queer sexualities in an era of labor migration and globalization. With my discussion of the 2004 documentary by Pauline Boudry, Brigitta Kuster, and Renate … Continue reading
The Courtyard in the Mirror Emine Sevgi Özdamar Translated by Leslie A. Adelson Download PDF Abstract: This multilingual short story is a multifaceted gem of contemporary fiction. Tracking habits and ruptures in the daily lives of her neighbors and interlocutors … Continue reading
Cultural Translation and the Problem of Language: Yiddish in Joseph Roth’s Juden auf Wanderschaft Sarah Bailey Download PDF Abstract: In 2000, W.W. Norton and Company released a new English-language edition of Joseph Roth’s 1927 compilation of essays entitled, Juden auf … Continue reading