english 3346 university of houston downtown introduction to literary translation dr davidson reading journal 2 please respond to any 6 of the following 8 essays noted below and appearing as either 1 a selected reading posted to blackboard or 2 an anth

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English 3346 University of Houston-Downtown

Introduction to Literary Translation

Dr. Davidson

READING JOURNAL 2

Please respond to any 6 of the following 8 essays noted below and appearing as either 1) a selected reading posted to Blackboard, or 2) an anthologized essay in the texts assigned for this course. You are asked to write a minimum of 300 words per entry and share your response to the ideas presented by the author.

Course texts:
 Biguenet, John and Rainer Schulte (Eds.). The Craft of Translation. Chicago: U of Chicago Press,

1989.
 Biguenet, John and Rainer Schulte (Eds.). Theories of Translation: An Anthology of Essays from

Dryden to Derrida. Chicago: U of Chicago Press, 1992.
READINGS FOR JOURNAL 2 – Due to Blackboard Friday, April 24, by midnight

  1. 1) “Understanding Dictionaries” (Bellos)
  2. 2) “Custom Cuts: Making Forms Fit” (Bellos)
  3. 3) “Match Me If You Can: Translating Humor” (Bellos)
  4. 4) “Avatar: A Parable of Translation” (Bellos)
  5. 5) “TranslatingPoetry”(Bonnefoy)
  6. 6) “Word Music and Translation” (Borges)
  7. 7) “fromDesToursdeBabel”(Derrida)
  8. 8) “’Ziv, that light’: Translation and Tradition of Paul Celan” (Felstiner)