In Translation Honouring Sheila Fischman / edited by Sherry Simon.

Author/creator Simon, Sherry
Other author Fischman, Sheila.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMontréal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]
Descriptionxx, 221 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Fischman, Sheila--Criticism and interpretation.
Fischman, Sheila--Relations with authors.
Fischman, Sheila--Influence.
Fischman, Sheila--Critique et interprétation.
Translating and interpreting--Canada.
Canadian literature--Translations. --History and criticism.

Contents That summer in North Hatley / Patricia Godbout -- F.R. Scott and the poetry of translation / Graham Fraser -- Notes on the birth of a translator / D.G. Jones -- The agency of Sheila Fischman : a tribute / Kathy Mezei -- The ongoing Commedia / Alberto Manguel -- Nothing in my formative years indicated that I might become a translator / Pierre Anctil -- Creatively re-transposing Christa Wolf : They divided the sky / Luise von Flotow -- To foreignize or not to foreignize : from a translator's notebook / Michael Henry Heim -- A handfull of metaphors : what I do when I do literary translation / Lori Saint-Martin -- Edouard Roditi : a polyglot in the twentieth century / Sherry Simon -- Water / Sheila Fischman -- The anguish of the heron / Gaétan Soucy ; translated by Sheila Fischman -- Interviews with Sheila Fischman / Sherry Simon -- My translator, my sister ... / Gaétan Soucy -- What I learned from her / Lise Bissonnette -- Translations / Dominique Fortier -- All you read is love / Jean Paré -- Sheila's bridges and cuisine / Louise Desjardins -- In the moon's wings / Mélanie Gélinas -- Editing Sheila Fischman / James Polk -- Sheila Fischman and the true nature of Federalism : a fable / Karl Siegler -- Pure memory / J. Marc Côté -- The language alchemist / Ivan Steenhout -- Merci, Sheila! / Roch Carrier -- Poem / Donald Winkler.
Abstract Since the late 1960s Sheila Fischman has worked tirelessly at making the best works of Quebecois literature available to English-language readers. Anglophones who have read works by Michel Tremblay, Jacques Poulin, Yves Beauchemin, Francois Gravel, Anne Hebert, Roch Carrier, and Marie-Claire Blais most likely know these works only through Fischman's subtly and faithfully crafted translations. In Translation celebrates Fischman's more than 150 book-length translations from French to English. It combines essays on the friendships created through translation with essays on the art of translation and on the changing context of literary translation in Canada. Distinguished contributors include Alberto Manguel, Commissioner of Official Languages Graham Fraser, authors Gaetan Soucy, Lise Bissonnette, and Louise Desjardins, and fellow-translators Lori Saint Martin, Michael Henry Heim, Luise von Flotow, and Kathy Mezei. The volume also includes interviews with Fischman and a selection of her prose. A fitting tribute to an outstanding career, In Translation illuminates the artistry behind a difficult craft by considering the work of one of its finest practitioners.
General noteIncludes interviews with Fischman and a selection of rarely printed prose by Fischman herself.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Other formsIssued also in electronic format.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
LanguageText in English.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017380970
ISBN9780773541962 (paper)
ISBN9780773541955 (cloth)

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