How Has Translation Transformed Shakespeare? With Daniel Hahn
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Mia Sorrenti. What does it mean to translate some of the most recognizable and revered works in the English language? And when the wordplay, poetry, and syntax of Shakespeare are all changed, is it still truly Shakespeare? On today's episode, Daniel Hahn, award-winning translator
and author joins our host, Mitheli Rao, to discuss his new book, If This Be Magic, The Unlikely Art of Shakespearean Translation, and how Shakespeare's works are continually reshaped across languages, cultures and traditions. Let's join our host, Mitheli Rao now with more. Welcome to Intelligence Square, Daniel. Thank you very much, good to be here. Daniel, I want to start by saying just what a lively and unusual book.
Um, if this be magic, your new book is. Uh, you speak to translators of Shakespeare's plays working in Bangla, Hungarian, Brazilian, Portuguese, Turkish, German, Swahili, Mahari, French, Japanese, Chinese, Danish. I think I've missed probably a few. Um And play by play, line by line, you really bring to life the many unusual challenges and opportunities of translation in these languages.
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