{"id":2363,"date":"2014-01-16T09:30:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T01:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2014-01-10T11:31:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T03:31:59","slug":"2363","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2363","title":{"rendered":"Words from the Translator Zhu Yu"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Zhu Yu \u6731\u7389 on her translation of Song of Shadows<\/em> by Xiao Hai \u5c0f\u6d77:<\/p>\n

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As an often-helpless researcher of poets from centuries past, I used to envy those who translated contemporary poetry, for I thought that if they encountered any difficulties, they could always turn to the living author. However, when I translated Xiao Hai\u2019s Song of Shadows<\/em>, I preferred to waive this privilege. I came to understand translation as the closest form of reading, a process of understanding and re-creation\u2014like playing a piece of music. First, the musician must read the composer\u2019s score correctly, and then she can interpret it in her own style.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For more, including information on Xiao Hai and Song of Shadows<\/em>, from Restless Books, click the image above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zhu Yu \u6731\u7389 on her translation of Song of Shadows by Xiao Hai \u5c0f\u6d77: As an often-helpless researcher of poets from centuries past, I used to envy those who translated contemporary poetry, for I thought that if they encountered any … 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":[1323,1322],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8srwF-2363","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3130,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3130","url_meta":{"origin":2363,"position":0},"title":"Restless Interview with Xiao Hai","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"April 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"To promote Song of Shadows, Restless Books has published an interview between Ilan Stavans and Xiao Hai \u5c0f\u6d77, translated by Zhu Yu \u6731\u7389, titled \"It\u2019s Difficult to Translate Poetry.\" Here's the key excerpt: It\u2019s difficult to translate poetry. 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