The art of failure in translating a Navajo poem

This article engages John Ciardi’s famous dictum that translation is « the art of failure » by engaging in a thick translation and a creative transposition of a short poem in Navajo by Rex Lee Jim. I begin with reflections on recent discussions in anthropology on translation and voice – both of whic...

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Main Author: Anthony K. Webster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2016-10-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/14602
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