27.06.2024

IL PIETRISCO TRANSLATIONS: Student Issue 1. Tales in Translations

Student Issue 1: Tales in Translation

The first Student Issue was conceived within the 2024 edition of the Undergraduate Scholars Programme in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at the University of Manchester.

The idea for this issue stemmed from the students’ desire to revisit tales from their childhood. They worked collaboratively to translate and interpret these stories, to preserve the original charm and cultural nuances, while making them accessible for contemporary readers.

The issue features multiple languages and cultures, in various combinations: a North African tale transcribed in French by Joseph Rivière and translated into English; extracts from Alexander Afanasyev’s Russian folklore, also translated into English; the poetry of Vinay Mahajan and Dharamvir Bharati, translated from Hindi into Hangeul; the Hangeul folk tale “Heungbu and Nolbu” translated into Hindi; an extract from the Chilean cartoonist René Pepo Ríos’ satirical comic strip translated into Chinese; the ancient Chinese idiom, “Adding Feet to a Snake” translated into Spanish.