Texts and Translations

The purpose of this blog is to post materials for the MPhil in Literary Translation Texts and Translations class.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

How far can you push Chekhov?





Translating The Seagull: how far can you push Chekhov?
Anya Reiss's new version modernises The Seagull and transplants it to the Isle of Man. Does the language suffer – and how respectful should adaptations be?

Mark Lawson in The Guardian, November, 2010

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