{"id":2953,"date":"2015-01-23T09:30:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T01:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2015-01-17T13:19:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T05:19:29","slug":"jonathan-stallings-translingual-synesthesia-of-rimbauds-bateau-ivre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2953","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Stalling’s translingual synesthesia of Rimbaud’s Bateau Ivre"},"content":{"rendered":"

I raced, stained by the moon\u2019s electric
\n\u7231 \u00a0\u65e5\u5317\u56db\u5927\uff0c \u56db\u5927\u5317\u90a3\u5927 \u516b\u7231 \u00a0\u6d4a\u820c\u5440 \u4e48 \u00a0\u9a6c\u4e4c\u4e4c\u90a3\u2019\u56db \u00a0 \u5f1f\u62c9\u4e5f\u5403\u4e1d\u5361\u00a0<\/em>
\nfragments, timbers crazed, black sea-
\n\u53d1\u65e5\u8a00\u8a00\u54e5\u9a6c\u4e48\u90a3\u53f0\u56db\uff0c \u53f0\u4e1d\u4e1d\u9a6c\u516b\u4e48\u513f\u56db \u00a0 \u5361\u65e5\u5317\u6d4a\u56db \u00a0\u5927\uff0c \u516b\u62c9\u8a00\u5361 \u00a0 \u56db\u5f1f<\/em>
\nhorses as my escort, July\u2019s battering me\u2014
\n\u54c8\u591f\u65e5\u56db\u4e48\u6d4a\u56db \u00a0 \u00a0\u8a00\u6d4a\u56db \u00a0 \u9a6c\u7231 \u00a0 \u4e5f\u56db\u5361\u554a\u65e5\u53f0\uff0c\u624e\u4e4c\u4e4c\u62c9\u7231\u2019 \u6d4a\u56db \u00a0 \u00a0\u516b\u8a00\u53f0\u4e48\u513f\u51b0 \u00a0 \u9a6c\u5f1f\u2014<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So begins Jonathan Stalling’s version of Arthur Rimbaud’s Le Bateau ivre<\/em> for the twentieth anniversary of Drunken Boat<\/a>, which he explains,<\/p>\n

In this reworking of Rimbaud\u2019s \u201cThe Drunken Boat,\u201d I wanted to set the poem adrift through a disordering of the senses corresponding to systems of writing (alphabets, syllabaries, or logographies) which create the conceptual foundation for imagining languages as irrevocably separate from one another. I believe that we can access forms of linguistic synesthesia that will free us to see different writing systems not as walls between but bridges into other languages … Unlike the system I used in my book Yingelishi<\/em>, the script below sequences English speech sounds at the level of phonemes (individual sounds) rather than morphemes (in the case of Chinese full syllables). In short, this poem is English, just not through the same Romanized senses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And read Anna Rosenwong<\/a>‘s excellent essay, which starts with Eliot Weinberger and Octavio Paz on Wang Wei \u738b\u7dad, and goes on to explain the feature:<\/p>\n

The project\u2019s irreverence\u2014anthropophagism\u2014 is made possible by this journal\u2019s sense of \u201cLe bateau ivre,\u201d of Rimbaud, of French symbolist poetry, even of the French language, as too well-respected, too established to tarnish or appropriate in a problematic way. Working with classic texts, one feels she is at liberty to be a punk. Framing is likewise an enabler: in an envelope-pushing journal and section such as this, introduced by this hedging editorial note, the boats are clearly marked as a kind of risky play, their transgression a testament to the aura of the original.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Follow the links for the sites in question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I raced, stained by the moon\u2019s electric \u7231 \u00a0\u65e5\u5317\u56db\u5927\uff0c \u56db\u5927\u5317\u90a3\u5927 \u516b\u7231 \u00a0\u6d4a\u820c\u5440 \u4e48 \u00a0\u9a6c\u4e4c\u4e4c\u90a3\u2019\u56db \u00a0 \u5f1f\u62c9\u4e5f\u5403\u4e1d\u5361\u00a0 fragments, timbers crazed, black sea- \u53d1\u65e5\u8a00\u8a00\u54e5\u9a6c\u4e48\u90a3\u53f0\u56db\uff0c \u53f0\u4e1d\u4e1d\u9a6c\u516b\u4e48\u513f\u56db \u00a0 \u5361\u65e5\u5317\u6d4a\u56db \u00a0\u5927\uff0c \u516b\u62c9\u8a00\u5361 \u00a0 \u56db\u5f1f horses as my escort, July\u2019s battering me\u2014 \u54c8\u591f\u65e5\u56db\u4e48\u6d4a\u56db \u00a0 \u00a0\u8a00\u6d4a\u56db \u00a0 … 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":[3,16],"tags":[1395,247,47,210,49,344],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-LD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4276,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4276","url_meta":{"origin":2953,"position":0},"title":"Xi Xi Wins 2019 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"October 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Newman Prize winner Xi Xi with her nominator Tammy Ho and translator Jennifer Feeley (photo by Ho Fuk Yan \u4f55\u798f\u4ec1) NORMAN, OK\u2014An international jury has selected the Hong Kong poet Xi Xi \u897f\u897f (born 1937) as the winner of the sixth Newman Prize for Chinese Literature. She is the third\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"Image may contain: 3 people, including Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, people smiling, people sitting and indoor","src":"https:\/\/scontent.fhkg3-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/43662671_10156919677345086_3703849546892181504_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ht=scontent.fhkg3-1.fna&oh=291289e93eaea5f75250835cd8aed090&oe=5C458FFA","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/scontent.fhkg3-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/43662671_10156919677345086_3703849546892181504_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ht=scontent.fhkg3-1.fna&oh=291289e93eaea5f75250835cd8aed090&oe=5C458FFA 1x, https:\/\/scontent.fhkg3-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/43662671_10156919677345086_3703849546892181504_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ht=scontent.fhkg3-1.fna&oh=291289e93eaea5f75250835cd8aed090&oe=5C458FFA 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1851,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1851","url_meta":{"origin":2953,"position":1},"title":"Spotlight on Literary Translator Lucas Klein","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"April 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"from Intralingo: Spotlight on Literary Translators is a regular feature here at Intralingo. The aim of these interviews is to\u00a0get the word out about our profession and the works we bring into other languages. The insight the interviewees provide is also sure to help all of us who are aspiring\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/intralingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Pic2-200x300.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3693,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3693","url_meta":{"origin":2953,"position":2},"title":"J. P. Seaton on Burton Watson (1925 \u2013 2017)","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"April 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In honor of Burton Watson\u2019s passing, I am collecting statements and memories from friends and fans, to be posted as they come in. The following comment is from translator J. P. Seaton: Burton Watson is responsible for whatever good has or will come of my own work as a literary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Burton Watson remembrance"","block_context":{"text":"Burton Watson remembrance","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=1774"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2953"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2956,"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953\/revisions\/2956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}