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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:A conversation with Bela Shayevich, an award winning translator of Second Hand Time by Svetlana Alexievich
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SUMMARY:A conversation with Bela Shayevich, an award winning translator of Second Hand Time by Svetlana Alexievich
DESCRIPTION:<div style="text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;margin:0px">	<span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-caps:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="orphans:2"><span style="text-transform:none"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="widows:2"><span style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span>On Monday, April 9</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="-1"><sup>th</sup></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span> the Slavic Department will be hosting a lunchtime conversation with Bela </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span>Shayevich</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span>, an award winning translator of </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span><em>Secondhand Time</em></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span> by Svetlana Alexievich. </span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;margin:0px">	 </div><div style="text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;margin:0px">	<span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-caps:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="orphans:2"><span style="text-transform:none"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="widows:2"><span style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span>Alexievich received a Nobel Prize in literature in 2015, and Bela </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span>Shayevich</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span>’s translation of Alexievich’s latest book in turn won a TA First Translation Prize just last month for “extraordinary, sustained virtuosity.” We will talk about her process in translating this emotionally demanding 700 page text, her long record of translating activists and poets (and translation as activism or poetry) as well as trends in Russian translation today. What gets translated, what does not, and why?</span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;margin:0px">	 </div>
LOCATION:Thompson Room (Barker 110)
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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