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Chapter 1 - Solitude of the Translator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2022

By
George Craig
Edited by
Jan Steyn
Jan Steyn
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
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This chapter is a personal account of George Craig’s formation and experience as a translator, predominantly of Christiane Olivier and Samuel Beckett. Craig makes a case for a translator’s sensitivity to voice and tone, with the full aural dimension implied by these terms. In a time when talking about translation as collaboration is highly fashionable, Craig’s final essay before his passing in 2019 reminds us that translation can also be a solitary and highly singular activity that begins in the ear.

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Translator’s solitudeidentityChristiane OlivierSamuel Beckettvoice
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Translation
Crafts, Contexts, Consequences
 , pp. 7 - 14
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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