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From Mere Bellies to the Bad Shaman, 1

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Bill Herbert

(This began as a talk/reading given at a one-day symposium held at the University of Glasgow on November 24, 2007. It was then revised as an essay for The Apothecary’s Chest: Magic, Art and Medication, edited by that symposium’s organisers, … Continue reading →

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Everything is Translation

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Bill Herbert

(Sometime toward the end of last year, I was chatting via email with Fiona Sampson about a translation project when I remarked that I’d been thinking for some time of translation as being at the heart of a broader range … Continue reading →

Posted in xenochronicity | Tagged Creative Writing, David Cameron, Fiona Sampson, General Election 2015, Henry VIII, Mary, Poetics, Queen of Scots, Robert Wedderburn, Scottish poetry, Scottish Referendum, The Complaynt of Scotlande, translation | Leave a comment

The Third Shore (in three parts): 3

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Bill Herbert

(This third part of the Third Shore intro has been delayed by other work, which – such is my ineptitude – prevented me from deploying the few minutes necessary to dig out the correct characters for the point it makes … Continue reading →

Posted in current emanations | Tagged Chinese poetry, I.A. Richards, Nanjing, translation, Yu Jian | Leave a comment

The Third Shore (in three parts): 2

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Bill Herbert

(Here’s the second section of my intro to The Third Shore – this part almost stands alone, I think, as an introduction to the ‘poet to poet’ translation itself. It’s certainly informed by my work in collaborative teams on Farsi, … Continue reading →

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The Third Shore (in three parts): 1

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Bill Herbert

(To celebrate the publication of The Third Shore – and indeed to publicise this celebration of the act of translation – I’ll post my intro here in three parts over the next few days. This is an anthology of mutual … Continue reading →

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HOLTON’S 10 COMMANDMENTS

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Bill Herbert

(This simple set of injunctions by Brian Holton, principle translator of the Chinese Anthology I’m working on, seems to be applicable by extension beyond the field of Chinese translation, and, metaphorically, beyond the area of translation. I’m sure many writers … Continue reading →

Posted in The Others | Tagged Brian Holton, Chinese poetry, translation | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: translation

From Mere Bellies to the Bad Shaman, 1

Everything is Translation

The Third Shore (in three parts): 3

The Third Shore (in three parts): 2

The Third Shore (in three parts): 1

HOLTON’S 10 COMMANDMENTS

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