Is it possible to translate poetry? Interview with Gökçenur Ç.

#3 Tamta

Award winning Georgian writer Tamta Melashvili brings us back to her childhood safty through Eka Kevanishvili’s poetry. Tamta’s work [https://www.lindeneditions.com/susanna-bissoli-1-1-1-1-1-1] Eka’s work [https://www.rferl.org/author/eka-kevanishvili/y-rmq] Eka’s poetry in EN [https://www.versopolis.com/poet/278/eka-kevanishvili] Write us at untranslatedpod@gmail.com or @untranslatedpod on Instagram.

#2 Sofia (untranslated short)

Five years ago Argentinian poet Sofia wrote a poem for her niece about holding onto what is most precious: remaining vulnerable and curious like a child. Follow us on instagram @untranslatedpod Email us at untranslatedpod@gmail.com

Is it possible to translate poetry? Interview with Gökçenur Ç.

Gökçenur Ç. is a Turkish poet, translator, editor and cultural activist. He organizes cultural events, poetry translation workshops and international poetry festivals. In this interview he talks about his view on poetry translation, and reflects on his essay he wrote on Versopolis about the topic. Read the article here [https://www.versopolis.com/articles/author-of-the-week/1607/the-possibility-of-every-poem-being-translatable-without-losing-its-value-is-greater-than-the-possibility-of-any-poem-losing-its-value-in-translation]. Follow us on instagram @untranslatedpod Email us at untranslatedpod@gmail.com

#1 Chathuni

Chatuni calls herself a feminist with a reading habit. She navigates between Singapore and Sri Lanka. Sinhala is her first core language, but she reads almost exclusively in English, even speaks English at home, with her family. Occasionally, when she meets another Sri Lankan abroad, she’ll switch to Sinhala. Writing it by hand feels unfamiliar. She hasn’t forgotten the letters, but the muscle memory isn’t quite there. She’s always chasing new authors, different voices, going down rabbit holes, searching. Now I ask her to do something simple, and not simple at all: to find a poem in Sinhala that’s never been translated. One she carries in memory. Follow us on instagram @untranslatedpod Email us at untranslatedpod@gmail.com

Coming soon

Untranslated is a podcast about people and their connection to literature. Guests become transmitters of poetry as they read a beloved poem in their mother tongue and share the memories it evokes. First episode comes on Monday, 15 December. Stay tuned!