Jhumpa Lahiri
Thresholds
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Translating a Short Story
There is no neat, air tight contour to any language. All languages are born all every how sould i possess. Each language is born from languages and thrives due to a sort of ecosystem of languages. We need to keep that multiplicity at the centre - not diminish it in search of a dominant language. I want you thereis e that reminds me of a question that i have been wanting to ask youb There's this lovely piece on calvino in here that really points out that he seemed to conceive of translation as a kind of a mystical or spiritual reaching for its secret essence. It may be that the average lay reader might not necessarily imagine that those that such am foundational
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