: Kathryn Hansen: ‘Even knowing one South Asian language very well is not enough to translate’ #IndiaNEWS Academic and translator Kathryn Hansen is an expert in the history of theatrical practices

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Kathryn Hansen: ‘Even knowing one South Asian language very well is not enough to translate’ #IndiaNEWS
Academic and translator Kathryn Hansen is an expert in the history of theatrical practices in South Asia, gender and performance, South Asian literary and cultural studies, and South Asian – Hindi and Urdu – diaspora, ethnicity, and immigration. She spoke about her art and scholarship to Suzanne L Schulz. You have translated several different genres of writing from Hindi, Urdu, and Gujarati to English, and have employed a number of innovative translation strategies throughout your career. Can you talk a little about the role of translation in your work? When have texts alone proved inadequate? When has it become necessary to supplement your texts with visual materials, appendices, and glossaries?Translation has come to mean a lot of things to me. Fundamentally, translation is a bridge of communication that connects different groups by carrying meaning from one to the other. We tend to think of it as a way to expand the circulation of a text to new audiences. The activity of translating also involves the translator in a sustained search within the text for meaning. It produces deeper understanding of how signification is constructed. I’ve found that translation as an intellectual process facilitates unexpected insights into linguistic choices and the mediating factors that...Read more

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