Writing in Tongues

Translating Yiddish in the Twentieth Century

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Translating & Interpreting, History, Jewish, Art & Architecture, General Art
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Author: Anita Norich ISBN: 9780295804958
Publisher: University of Washington Press Publication: March 28, 2014
Imprint: University of Washington Press Language: English
Author: Anita Norich
ISBN: 9780295804958
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication: March 28, 2014
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Language: English

Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American assimilation, the survival of traditional Yiddish literature depends on translation, yet a few Yiddish classics have been translated repeatedly while many others have been ignored. Anita Norich traces historical and aesthetic shifts through versions of these canonical texts, and she argues that these works and their translations form an enlightening conversation about Jewish history and identity.

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Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American assimilation, the survival of traditional Yiddish literature depends on translation, yet a few Yiddish classics have been translated repeatedly while many others have been ignored. Anita Norich traces historical and aesthetic shifts through versions of these canonical texts, and she argues that these works and their translations form an enlightening conversation about Jewish history and identity.

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