Have you ever wondered why some jokes don’t translate well into another language? Or how profanity in different languages and dialects can impart incisive wisdom or even express poetic beauty? Translation Days on Intercultural Translation opens the gateway to the hilarious, tricky, and thought-provoking world of cross-cultural storytelling. Featuring award-winning translators and poets Jessica Cohen, Jennifer Kronovet, Ken Liu, Austin Woerner, and Jenny Xie, this event explores the art of translating humor, swearing, and everything in between. 

Translation Days will kickstart with a Zoom roundtable featuring Jessica Cohen and Jennifer Kronovet and moderated by Professor Yitzhak Lewis on March 28 from 10 to 11 AM (China Time).

Day 1 |  Zoom Roundtable

Friday, March 28, 10-11 AM (BJT)

Zoom: 382 860 0131

Join us for two days of conversations where language gets messy, witty, and wonderfully complex!