Blog 4-My Comments
Liliana Leuzzi “Translation in Spirit: A Reaction to Umberto Eco” I enjoyed how much you were able to unpack this short quote from Umberto Eco. I completely agree with your … Read More
Iliana R. Petrillo
Reaction to “Translation as a Practice Appearance”
Many people believe that the process of translation is an extremely simple one, how hard can it be to translate a text from one language to another? Anita Raja, an … Read More
Umberto Eco: Domesticating vs. Modernizing
In the book, Experiences in translation, the author Umberto Eco dives deep into the various issues that occur within translation. Eco writes “The difference between modernizing the text and keeping … Read More
Comparison of Dante’s Inferno: Dayman vs. Norton
The first version of Inferno 5 that I looked at was translated by John Dayman in 1865. The second version I looked at was translated by Charles Eliot Norton in … Read More