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| ===== Overview ===== | ===== Overview ===== |
| This entry contains three poems originally written in [[https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/quechua/|Quechua]]. The poems were later translated into Spanish by Peruvian poet Raquel Jodorowsky and then into English by Edward Kissam. These poems presented in the text have been translated twice, once from Quechua to Spanish and then from Spanish to English. The {{ :alcheringa:1-1:three-from-quechua-pages_from_alcheringa_1-1_fall-1970-9.pdf |pdf}} of the poems in English as published by Alcheringa can be found through the link. Below are those three poems in Spanish. Two of the poems below were taken from Spanish translations by Sebastián Salazar Bondy in //Poesia Quechua// and can be found [[https://archive.org/details/poesiaquechua0000unse/page/86/mode/2up|here]] and [[https://archive.org/details/poesiaquechua0000unse/page/82/mode/2up|here]], respectively. (The original publication appears to be from the Mexican literary journal, //El Corno Emplumado//, issue 27, where no author credit is given. | This entry contains three poems originally written in [[https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/quechua/|Quechua]]. The poems were later translated into Spanish by Peruvian poet Raquel Jodorowsky and then into English by Edward Kissam. These poems have been translated twice, once from Quechua to Spanish and then from Spanish to English. The {{ :alcheringa:1-1:three-from-quechua-pages_from_alcheringa_1-1_fall-1970-9.pdf |pdf}} of the poems in English as published by Alcheringa can be found through the link. Below are the three poems in Spanish. Two of the poems included below were taken from Spanish translations by Sebastián Salazar Bondy in //Poesia Quechua// and can be found [[https://archive.org/details/poesiaquechua0000unse/page/86/mode/2up|here]] and [[https://archive.org/details/poesiaquechua0000unse/page/82/mode/2up|here]], respectively. (The original publication appears to be from the Mexican literary journal, //El Corno Emplumado//, issue 27, where no author credit is given. |
| This can be found [[https://opendoor.northwestern.edu/archive/items/show/62|here]].) | This can be found [[https://opendoor.northwestern.edu/archive/items/show/62|here.]]) |
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| ==== Criticism of the Translation ==== | ==== Criticism of the Translation ==== |
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| [[https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/XRQ7PQ5TI3ZRD7GHJRKZ?target=10.1525/aa.1972.74.6.02a00750|Criticisms of the authenticity of translations.]] | Criticisms of the authenticity of the translations can be found [[https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/XRQ7PQ5TI3ZRD7GHJRKZ?target=10.1525/aa.1972.74.6.02a00750|here.]] |
| In a review of the first issue of Alcheringa, Daniel J. Crowley states the complexity of the task at hand perfectly, ‘No greater problem exists for the unfortunate folklorist than how to convey the unique combination of form, beauty, and meaning expressed in verbal art in one language to the speakers of another.’ | In a review of the first issue of //Alcheringa//, Daniel J. Crowley explains the complexity of the translation task at hand perfectly: "No greater problem exists for the unfortunate folklorist than how to convey the unique combination of form, beauty, and meaning expressed in verbal art in one language to the speakers of another." |
| However, Alcheringa has taken to task the job of bringing tribal poetry to English readers. While some of the entries are direct translations, others have included notes and commentaries on areas such as translation and performance. At times these oral poems are written using formatting techniques in an attempt to visually depict components such as rhythm and tone. | However, //Alcheringa// has taken to task the job of bringing tribal poetry to English readers. While some of the entries are direct translations, others include notes and commentaries on areas such as translation and performance. At times these oral poems are written using formatting techniques in an attempt to visually depict components such as rhythm and tone. |
| Undertaking such a task does create some difficulties. In Crowley's view, it is quite difficult to complete an exceptional translation that is true to its original meaning without a full understanding of the poem through dialogue with the original poet. Another issue that Crowley raises is the lack of context and function of these compiled poems. He concludes that the result seems to be enjoyable, aesthetic poems, but ones that may not shed light on the more obscure experiences and preferences of these more isolated cultures. | Undertaking such a task does create some difficulties. In Crowley's view, it is quite difficult to complete an exceptional translation that is true to its original meaning without a full understanding of the poem through dialogue with the original poet. Another issue that Crowley raises is the lack of context and function of these compiled poems. He concludes that the result seems to be enjoyable, aesthetic poems, but ones that may not shed light on the more obscure experiences and preferences of the isolated cultures they represent. |
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