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Alternative title: On Translation; Tongues : Translation: Only Connect
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... vol. 64 no. 4 2005 of Meanjin est. 1940 Meanjin
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Notes

  • Includes an index for Meanjin, Volume 64, 2005.
  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Alphabet of the Worldi"In vain I slowly decipher", Eugenio Montejo , Peter Boyle (translator), single work poetry (p. 2)
Young Girl Sailing in the Rose's Prowi"All the pink colour plunged from your cheek into the sea-", Juan Garrido Salgado , Peter Boyle (translator) single work poetry (p. 3)
Making Oneself Foreign, Brian Castro , single work essay
In a 'world obsessed with bestsellers', Brian Castro sees foreign literature in translation as a key to rejuvenating and extending literature and culture.
(p. 4-14)
Plum Blossom or Quong Tart at the QVBi"Stroke by laboured stroke my daughter", Kim Cheng Boey , single work poetry (p. 18-21)
A Mother's Gaze, Siew Siang Tay , single work short story (p. 23-29)
My Countryman Abbot Wen of Pao-Pen Monastery in Hsiu-Choui"Ten thousand li away my native mountains lie in a dream,", Su Shih , A. D. Stefanowska (translator) single work poetry (p. 31)
At Night I Came to Abbot Wen's Yung-Lo Monastery. At the Time Wen was Ill and had Retired from the Halli"At night I heard the old man from Pa was lying in a deserted village,", Su Shih , A. D. Stefanowska (translator) single work poetry (p. 31)
I Passed by Yung-Lo, but Abbot Wen had Already Diedi"First I was startled, the crane was thin and unrecognisable,", Su Shih , A. D. Stefanowska (translator) single work poetry (p. 31)
Where the River Bends (1)i"Here on the shiny water another body forms", Yang Lian , Mabel Lee (translator) single work poetry (p. 32)
Where the River Bends (2)i"Here the river spreads out the flashbacks of two direcions", Yang Lian , Mabel Lee (translator) single work poetry (p. 33)
Where the River Bends (3)i"Here a bird's head finds its own marsh", Yang Lian , Mabel Lee (translator) single work poetry (p. 33)
Where the River Bends (4)i"Here the river bends bushes frozen red bend", Yang Lian , Mabel Lee (translator) single work poetry (p. 34)
From Flowers Wrongly Bloomingi"How beautiful is the past", Zhang Chengzhi , Xuelian Zhang (translator) single work poetry (p. 35-39)
To Li Baii"the horse that went across the ocean was the poem that reached the village", Xi Chuan , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
The Cat of 17 Decemberi"there's something today", He Xiaozu , Yu Ouyang (translator), single work poetry (p. 42)
Tanks! Tanks! (You're Most Welcome), Linda Jaivin , single work essay
Linda Jaivin describes the art of the subtitler.
(p. 43-48)
Pillow Book Talk, Meredith McKinney , single work essay
Meredith McKinney discusses her translating of the Japanese classic The Pillow Book by

Sei Shônagon.

(p. 54-59)
Passage to Indonesia, A. Frances Johnson , single work criticism (p. 60-69)
Travelling Developing Worlds: Aran Suriai"Home between the splendour and the crumble", Susan Gorgioski , single work poetry (p. 70-71)
Post-Orientalismi"Baudelaire never made it to India,", Stephen Muecke , single work poetry (p. 78-79)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Chips on the Table Melinda Harvey , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 280 2006; (p. 52-53)

— Review of Meanjin vol. 64 no. 4 2005 periodical issue ; Overland no. 181 Summer 2005 periodical issue
Non-Fiction Fiona Capp , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 January 2006; (p. 28)

— Review of T. W. Edgeworth David : A Life : Geologist, Adventurer, Soldier and 'Knight in the Old Brown Hat' David Branagan , 2005 single work biography ; Meanjin vol. 64 no. 4 2005 periodical issue
Non-Fiction Fiona Capp , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 January 2006; (p. 28)

— Review of T. W. Edgeworth David : A Life : Geologist, Adventurer, Soldier and 'Knight in the Old Brown Hat' David Branagan , 2005 single work biography ; Meanjin vol. 64 no. 4 2005 periodical issue
Chips on the Table Melinda Harvey , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 280 2006; (p. 52-53)

— Review of Meanjin vol. 64 no. 4 2005 periodical issue ; Overland no. 181 Summer 2005 periodical issue
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