This edition of the Gotham takes a bit of a literary turn with “594 Ways of Reading Jane Eyre,” an article by Bonnie Chau reprinted with the permission of Poet’s and Writers, Inc. The article …
594 WAYS OF READING JANE EYRE
By: Bonnie Chau Last summer, University of Oxford professor Matthew Reynolds, in collaboration with an international team of more than two dozen scholars, launched Prismatic Jane Eyre, a research project that explores the relationship between …
5TH ANNUAL NYCT LITERARY TRANSLATION OPEN MIKE NIGHT
On May 13, 2020 the Circle celebrated its Fifth Annual Open Mike Literary Translation night. Kate Deimling, VP of the Circle, introduced and moderated the on-line event which highlighted the translated works of eight Circle …
SEPIDEH MOUSSAVI: TRANSLATOR AND TRAILBLAZER
Sepideh is a native of Iran. She began her career translating and interpreting Farsi to and from French and English in her native country where Iranian companies were engaging in substantial trade with the US …
Letter From the Editor
Welcome to the first edition of the 2020 Gotham! I started off the new year by attending an interesting translation reading sponsored by Pen+Brush, a not-for profit organization currently celebrating its 125 anniversary. Three very …
The January 2020 JILL! Reading of Translated Works
On January 16, 2020, Pen + Brush hosted the second reading in the new bimonthly Women+ in Translation series entitled JILL! The series is dedicated to showcasing the works of women or nonbinary translators …
Translation Mistakes Throughout History
By: Elias David Jacob The art of translation has been around for centuries, but unfortunately so have translation mistakes. In this article I’d like to describe three such errors which led to surprising and …