Ahlborn, Susan. (2023). Emily Wilson’s epic life. Omnia: All Things Penn Arts and Sciences (pp. 34-39).
Emily Wilson, Professor of Humanities and Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, has received enormous attention for publishing new translations of Homer’s works, The Odyssey and also The Iliad. This description of her efforts and interview with her includes several wonderful quotes about translation.
It is a privilege to spend so much time confronting this kind of insoluble problem, exploring the crannies between two languages…
You get a different vision of the world if you can think in a different language.
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