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\"\"<\/a>Art Beck reviews <\/a>The Changing Room<\/em>, poems by Zhai Yongming \u7fdf\u6c38\u660e translated by Andrea Lingenfelter. He writes:<\/div>\n

Other English versions of some of these poems are accessible on the internet … Various readers may prefer various translations of various poems, but Lingenfelter\u2019s volume provides an added plus in that she worked directly with Zhai. The reader has the benefit, not only of Lingenfelter\u2019s bilingual skills, but of being invited to share a long, ongoing conversation that took place in life as well as on the page. In Lingenfelter\u2019s words: \u201cI could not have completed this project without the gracious help and encouragement of Zhai Yongming herself, who has shown me around Chengdu \u2026 taking me to (historic)<\/em> sites \u2026 all the while placing everything we were looking at in a larger context. She has also treated me to many memorably wonderful meals \u2026 .\u201d Translation is, after all,\u00a0 a matter of the tongue, and, ultimately, nourishment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Art Beck reviews The Changing Room, poems by Zhai Yongming \u7fdf\u6c38\u660e translated by Andrea Lingenfelter. He writes: Other English versions of some of these poems are accessible on the internet … Various readers may prefer various translations of various poems, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[491,1105,51],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-uJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":978,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=978","url_meta":{"origin":1905,"position":0},"title":"Andrea Lingenfelter wins NCBA for Zhai Yongming translation","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"June 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Congrats to Andrea Lingenfelter for winning the Northern California Book Awards for her translation of The Changing Room (Zephyr Press), a collection of poems by Zhai Yongming \u7fdf\u6c38\u660e. 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