FratFiles

• Save Paper

1
Lost in Translation or Gained in Creation:
Classical Chinese Poetry Re-Created as English Poetry1
Roslyn Joy Ricci
Centre for Asian Studies
University of Adelaide
Introduction
The well-known Robert Frost2 witticism that ‘poetry is what disappears in translation'
is only valid if poetic translation aims to produce a ‘perfect re-creation of the original,'3
however, I suggest that successful translators re-create poetry in another language as opposed
to translating it into a second language.4 The aim of re-creating poetry is to attempt to produce
the same reader-response as the original poem did. This generic formula holds true in the
specific case of Chinese poetry re-created as English poetry. I use the term ‘re-created' for
poetic translation because literal translation of poetry struggles to produce the same reader
response as the original poem does.
1 ‘This paper was presented at the 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of
Australia in......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 4154
Approximate Pages: 17 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Arts Of The Contact Zone
   

   Arts of the Contact Zone Arts of the Contact Zone For the twelfth grade English curriculum, we had to read and learn about the Arts of the Contact Zone by Mary Louise Pratt. This

2. Arts Of The Contact Zone
   

   arts of the contact zone 1 Lost in Translation or Gained in Creation: Classical Chinese Poetry Re-Created as English Poetry1 Roslyn Joy Ricci Centre for Asian Studies University

3. Culture 2
   

   Culture 2 In the Arts of the Contact Zone, Mary Louise Pratt has tried to explain the concepts of the "contact zone", which she referred to as "the space of colonial encounters".

4. In The Zone
   

   in the zone In the Zone The "Arts of the Contact Zone" by Mary Louise Pratt is a speech that she wrote and presented as an MLA member. In it she analyzed a letter written by an

5. Mary Louise Pratt Edward Said
   

   one's national identity in their essays. In Mary Louise Pratt's essay Arts of the Contact Zone she gives examples of people who are in a contact zone. Contact zones are where