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100	1		_aTawada, Yōko _d1960-.
245	1	0	_aPortrait of a Tongue / _cYoko Tawada ; translated from the German with an introduction and commentary by Chantal Wright.
246			_aPortrait of a tongue : an experimental translation
260		1	_aOttawa : _bUniversity of Ottawa Press, _c2013.
300			_a152 p. : _bcov. ill. ; _c19 cm.
440			_aLiterary Translation
440			_aTraduction littéraire
500			_aTranslated from the German original: "Porträt einer Zunge".
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 145-152).
505			_a"‘Porträt einer Zunge’ is the narrator's portrait of a German woman, referred to throughout only as P, who has lived in the United States for many years. The text is part declaration of love for P by the first-person narrator, part ‘thinking-out-loud’ about language and languages, and part self-reflexive commentary. The German text assumes that the German-speaking reader will be familiar enough with the English language to be able to follow the text's reflections on linguistic equivalence. The same familiarity with German cannot be assumed of the English-speaking reader.
505			_aSince the text invites the reader to interact with it – to go to the dictionary, for example, or to think about why a particular linguistic phenomenon appears odd to the narrator – and since the text often does not complete its own thoughts, a translation that acknowledges and embodies this interaction between the text and the reader-translator, as well as acknowledging and embodying the text's new geographic and linguistic environment, seems both an appropriate and a creative approach. Chantal Wright's translation places Tawada's text on the left-hand side of the page and the translator's dialogue with the text on the right. The translation therefore occupies the page in a manner which draws attention to the presence of a translator, to her personal experience of two languages and cultures, and to the impact of this experience on the reading and translating process." (Book Cover)
505			_aCONTENTS:
505			_aAcknowledgements
505			_aIntroduction:
505			_aYoko Tawada's Exophonic Texts
505			_aTranslating "Portrait of a Tongue"
505			_a"Portrait of a Tongue" by Yoko Tawada
505			_aBibliography
700	1		_aWright, Chantal
856			_uhttps://press.uottawa.ca/en/9780776608037/yoko-tawadas-portrait-of-a-tongue/ _zPublisher's Website.
856			_uhttps://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UO/1qgui7k/alma991029304319705161 _z Check the UO Library catalog.
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