Can the Spirit of Haiku Be Translated?

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Title

Can the Spirit of Haiku Be Translated?

Subject

Haiku, Japanese--translations into English

Description

In this essay, Susumu Takiguchi confronts the problem of meaning in haiku by examining the constraints imposed by linguistic differences on the process of translating poems between Japanese and English.

This paper is based on the talk given at an academic conference, the Study Day 'Traduire la contrainte' St. Hugh College, Oxford, 19th June 1999

Creator

Takiguchi, Susumu

Source

http://www.tempslibres.org/aozora/en/hart/hart02.html

Publisher

tempeslibres.org

Date

2000

Rights

All rights reserved. This essay is republished here with the kind permission of the author.

Format

pdf

Language

eng

Type

article