Translation as craft: A conversation with Paige Aniyah Morris and Beejay Silcox
Description
To anyone who has never engaged with literary translation, it may seem like a simple one-to-one conversion: here is a sentence in Korean, just turn it into English, and there’s your translation! The actual practice of literary translation, however, is much more complex. It is a series of decisions, each with many considerations behind them, and involves being a writer, a reader, and a language expert, all at once. To translate a literary text is essentially to recreate it, crafting it from the ground up with the tools of a different language. For award-winning translator Paige Aniyah Morris, it is a craft she has mastered, but is also constantly learning more about. In this special event, she joins renowned literary critic Beejay Silcox for an in-depth conversation about the elaborate, almost magical, but often invisible work of translation.
Light dinner provided half an hour before the event.
This event is organised by the Korean Literature Translation Hub, housed within the ANU Korea Institute. For other Hub events, see our calender.
Speakers
Paige Aniyah Morris
Paige Aniyah Morris is a writer and translator of Korean literature. The recipient of awards from the Daesan Foundation, the American Literary Translators Association, and the Fulbright Program, she has translated the works of authors such as Pak Kyongni and the Nobel prize-winning Han Kang.
Beejay Silcox
Beejay Silcox is a book critic. Her work appears in high-profile publications across three continents. In addition to her literary commentary, Beejay works as a professional reader: she’s an interviewer, prize judge, festival programmer, editor and educator.
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