Velveteen Rabbi: Translation
I translated a poem by my friend Rachel, and posted it in the comments section of the page where she published the poem (link above). It didn't occur to me that my translation might get a reaction, even from Rachel, who often responds to comments on her blog...
It's easy to forget that not everybody reads and writes in English and Hebrew, let alone translates between them for fun...
I translated a poem by my friend Rachel, and posted it in the comments section of the page where she published the poem (link above). It didn't occur to me that my translation might get a reaction, even from Rachel, who often responds to comments on her blog...
I've never had my poetry translated into Hebrew before. I'm really delighted with the end result, which feels at once like my own poem and like a transformative work which has transmuted my original poem into something wondrous and new.
It's easy to forget that not everybody reads and writes in English and Hebrew, let alone translates between them for fun...