December 16, 2021
Linda Blaser
Denise Kripper magazine article details student translation work
Latin American Literature Today (LALT) recently published an article by Assistant Professor of Spanish Denise Kripper on the important role the magazine has played in the education of translation students in the US.
In the article, “In translation: A teaching magazine,” Kripper shares stories of several students who received hands-on translation experience through the magazine, including Yanna Glaspy ’23, a double major in Spanish and education.
Glaspy was among Kripper’s Literary Translation Workshop students who worked with an Argentine poet on translations of her work and participated with her in a videotaped bilingual reading. The Foresters’ translations were published in Latin American Literature Today. Since then, Glaspy has continued her working relationship with the poet and is embarking on the translation of Tundra, the full collection.
“While Latin America and Europe have a longstanding tradition of translation in academia, there are only a handful of translation training programs in the United States,” Kripper said. “In this sense, Latin American Literature Today acts as a teaching magazine of sorts, where educators can find a wide array of materials to introduce translation literacy into their language, literature, and culture courses, and where students can learn to translate by translating.”
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