{"id":5650,"date":"2024-09-05T22:54:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T22:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/?p=5650"},"modified":"2024-12-09T20:21:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T20:21:18","slug":"on-translation-process-and-language-play-with-takami-nieda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/on-translation-process-and-language-play-with-takami-nieda\/","title":{"rendered":"On Translation: Process and Language Play with Takami Nieda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Participants joined translator Takami Nieda<\/strong> and EARC program leader Mary Roberts<\/a><\/strong> to discover the fascinating world of literary translation. Discussion focused on the translation process of her latest book, Finger Bone<\/em><\/a> by Hiroki Takahashi<\/strong>, the translator\u2019s role as creative writer, and thematic readings of the text.<\/p>\n

\n

Finger Bone\u00a0<\/em>is the prize-winning novella by the Japanese author Hiroki Takahashi. The novella explores themes of memory, war brutality, identity fragmentation, and the stark realities faced by Japanese soldiers on the front lines and at a field hospital during World War II in New Guinea.<\/p>\n

Participants engaged in exercises designed to activate language play and explored how different word choices can significantly alter the meaning of a text, which can then be incorporated into the classroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

About Takami Nieda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Takami Nieda has translated more than 10 works from Japanese into English, including Go<\/em> by Kazuki Kaneshiro and The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart<\/em> by Chesil, winners of NCTAsia\u2019s Freeman Book Award for YA Literature. She serves on the advisory board of the University of Washington Translation Studies Hub, mentors emerging translators, and teaches writing and literature at Seattle Central College. Her translation of Michiko Aoyama\u2019s Recovery Hippo<\/em> is forthcoming from Harper Collins in 2025.<\/p>\n

Program requirements<\/h3>\n

Teachers were expected to read the book Fi<\/em>nger Bone<\/em> by Hiroki Takahashi before the workshop and be prepared to share one elegant quotation that stood out to them. We sent participants a copy of the book for free.<\/p>\n

Date and Time<\/h3>\n

November 13, 2024, 4:30-6:30 PM (Pacific Time)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This program took place on Zoom.<\/em><\/p>\n

Program Benefits<\/h3>\n