Categoria: Abstracts numero 3

a cura di Katy Hannan

A more democratic Ulisse

by Enrico Terrinoni Based on his recent Italian translation of the book, in this article the author offers a new reading of one of the benchmarks of modernist literature, James Joyce’s Ulysses, in a more democratic, pluralistic light with a…

Aunt Barbara and Anita

by Gianfranco Petrillo Second part of the cross-referenced biographies of Barbara Allason and Anita Rho, translators from German, describing their involvement in the Resistance and their difficult relationship with publishers. The first part appeared in issue N. 2 of “tradurre”…

Very fair children. The banality of ordinary words

by Susanna Basso Through a teaching experience, the surprising discovery of apparently unavoidable cultural interferences in the process of translating even very ordinary words. A group of young translators unearth prejudices hidden inside the history of a simple word contained…