{"product_id":"translating-neruda-9780804713276","title":"Translating Neruda","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat goes into the translating of a poem?  Usually that process gets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eforgotten once the new poem stands intact in translation.  Yet a verse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003etranslation derives from historical, biographical, and philosophical\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eresearch, interpretive analysis of the original poem, and continuous\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elinguistic and prosodic choices that parallel those the poet made. Taking as a text Pablo Neruda's brilliant prophetic sequence \u003ci\u003eAlturas de\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMacchu Picchu (1945), the author here re-creates the entire process of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003etranslation, from his first encounter with the poem to the last shaping of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea phrase that may never come right in English.  This many-faceted book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eforms an essay on the theory and practice of literary translation, a study\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eof Neruda's career through 1945, and an interpretation of his major poem, all of which lead to a striking new poem in English, \u003ci\u003eHeights of Macchu Picchu\u003c\/i\u003e, printed along with the original Spanish. This genesis of a verse translation also includes little-known biographical data, hitherto untranslated poems and prose from the years 1920 to 1945, and new translations of key poems from Neruda's \u003ci\u003eResidence on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpain in My Heart\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Felstiner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48286982111483,"sku":"9780804713276","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_4d2c0093-df67-4974-bd03-355cf0135d67.jpg?v=1771580227","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/translating-neruda-9780804713276","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}