Fartaytsht un Farbesert: Thoughts on translation and craft
by Mordecai Martinin 📚 Literature
Fartaytsht un Farbesert: Thoughts on translation and craft
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There’s an old joke about the old Jew who translated Shakespeare into Yiddish, signing his work “translated and improved by!” God grant me the confidence. Translating Yiddish and Hebrew poetry and prose, writing in the margins and in between the lines.
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About Mordecai Martin
5th Generation New York Jew. Psychiatric survivor and Mad man. Writer. איבערטייטשער. He/Him. @randolphmfa. Hairy and overshare-y.
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