DiscoverParaphrasis PodcastBonus: Fiona Bell on slurs and their context
Bonus: Fiona Bell on slurs and their context

Bonus: Fiona Bell on slurs and their context

Update: 2024-10-15
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How can a translator convey a text that contains troubling, archaic language while still engaging with contemporary readers? Listen in on how Fiona dealt with the historical nuances and present-day challenges posed by a character’s predilection for antisemitic language in her recent translation of Avdotya Panaeva’s 1848 novel, The Talnikov Family.



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Bonus: Fiona Bell on slurs and their context

Bonus: Fiona Bell on slurs and their context

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