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Like many college students, when I’m assigned a book to read and write a report on this rarely evokes positive feelings. It’s even less likely when that story is dated before the renaissance but after when it would be considered cool and ‘ancient’. However, recently I was assigned to read a translation of Beowulf that shakes off the expected stuffiness of old literature while preserving the Scandinavian folklore. The Maria Dahvana Headley translation of Beowulf has changed the way old literature is usually read and successfully directed my interest onto Scandinavian history.
Beowulfis a story of the best the fighter in this Scandinavian world. Driven by his desire to prove this to anyone who will listen, Beowulf is faced with three major antagonists. Two of these he encounters as mercenary enlisted by the King of Danes and he faces the final boss in his home of Geatland after a 50-year reign as king. While these great battles are the peaks of excitement, the intermediate periods are filled with tales about Beowulf’s past fights, other warriors’ stories, as well as political tensions between and within various kingdoms.
Beowulf’s transcription dates back about 1000 years but likely had its start in the spoken word. In a brief analysis published by Course Hero, it’s explained that Beowulf was likely written down by Christian monks. In this process it’s clear some elements were forcibly Christianized. For example, The first two monster-esque antagonists are descendants of the Christian canon’s first murderer Cain. On the other hand, I don’t remember trolls or sea monsters playing very active rolls in the Christian bible. Details like this make for an interesting interplay between preexisting supernatural narratives and the insertion of Christianity.
The fact that this story comes from the oral tradition of storytelling becomes fairly obvious throughout the book due to the many diversions from the main narrative. Occasionally, stories of seemingly random characters are inserted in the midst of narrative progression while at other times the narrator will insert their reactions to the action taking place. To some, these tangents may seem like annoying departures from the main events, I disagree. To me, these tangents helped me feel connected to those who would’ve been telling the story. It felt like the narrator had pieces of extra context from other stories pop into their head in the middle of telling this story. This is certainly something I find myself doing when retelling any sequence of events.
Connecting readers to who would truly be telling this story in its time was a specific goal of translator Maria Dahvana Headley. Headley described in an event with Dan Rosenberg that the original story would’ve likely been dispersed by story tellers more similar to an old guy in a bar rather than a professor. For this reason, rather than treating the story as academic work she translated the story as a “bro story.” Whereas in past translations more stuffy language had been used, Headley used the words bro and dude throughout the story which seemed to fit quite well. The story being interpreted in this light isn’t only more palatable but gives a view into long standing social dynamics through a piece of old literature. This book is a translation which to me means the character portrayals could only wander as far as the narrative and original language would allow. So, the propping up of the patriarchal order, for example, that this story provides should be attributed to the story itself not the translator’s projection on to it, but Headley’s wording allowed me to see those dynamics playing out clearly. Headley’s goal was to provide to a modern audience the story in relatable language and in doing so provided a clear lens into old power dynamics we still live with today.
While I don’t mean to throw shade at Shakespeare, for me this down-to-earth translation made this old story much more interesting to read than deciphering any Shakespearean play. While I understand the hesitancy to pick up a piece of old literature, I can assure you this translation breaks from the expected stuffiness old literature can provide. If you find yourself assigned to read this translation of Beowulf in a Humanities class, give it a chance I bet it will surprise you.
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Telegram’s first update of the year brought a number of features for the translation of user messages, themed QR codes, and hidden text. The functions were implemented on the Android and iOS platforms. The new additions were intended to improve the platform and make it more interactive. The 12th update since the official release has brought some useful features for the users, one of them being the translation option in the app. Basically, it allows users to translate text in the language of their choice. Easy access to in-app translations and features enhances usability, plus in-app translator not available on WhatsApp, giving the cloud-based instant messaging service uniqueness. If you are using Telegram and you don’t have a chance or can’t use this feature, here is a simple guide to help you.
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Sitting somewhere inside a courthouse in the Bahamas, a young Kristina Sweeting would hear the same message repeated twice, once by a stranger and then again by her mother.
"She'd have court cases to go to and sometimes she wouldn't have anyone leaving us so she take me with me and I kind of sit in the back and watch her, and I just thought it was fascinating," she said.
Her mother, who's originally from Peru, worked in the Caribbean country as a translator, helping Spanish-speakers navigate the local court system.
Sweeting has followed in her mother's footsteps, becoming a translator and an interpreter for Spanish and Italian. Now based on P.E.I., she helps non-English speakers from Latin American countries do essential things such as go to the doctor or sign up their children for school.
"A translator works more with the written portion of the language," she said. "The interpreter, it's more so with the talking part of the language ... which requires the interpreter to listen and comprehend, and to also translate the language at the same time."
The Immigrant and Refugee Service Association of P.E.I. offers its clients translation and interpretation services. About 90 people who have been trained in-house are on call to assist newcomers settle into their new home.
Lu Xinghai learned about the services in 2010 when he was taking a Holland College program to improve his English skills.
Lu, who is from Shanghai, said he decided to get training and put his name on the association's on-call list after seeing the high number of people coming to the Island from China at the time.
"They can't understand some things, like the way of living and how to communicate with the people and how to encounter some unfamiliar situations. They don't have that kind of experience," he said.
Lu said a lot of the work involves helping clients navigate institutions that work differently in their home country. For example, he lets them know that in Canadian hospitals you're expected to wait while staff prioritize other patients.
Other situations are trickier to navigate.
"I was at the police station one time. One girl went to the hospital, said, 'OK I have some injury and need to be treated.' Then afterwards, after checking everything the doctor immediately called 911, calls the police station, and says 'OK, there's kind of the potential [for] domestic violence,'" he said.
"The police just check everything and then afterwards arrest the boy. So you see it is quite different. I was there, and I participated in all the proceedings."
Lu said putting your emotions aside when dealing with that kind of situation is one of the most challenging things about the job.
One time, he was called to help out in a case of impaired driving. Police were asking the person involved whether he wanted a blood alcohol test.
"Sometimes you [think] to persuade people. 'OK, in this way, maybe you will have a better result.' Or you say, 'You will refuse that, it will be much better,' though this is kind of misleading,' he said.
"To explain everything in a clear way is the only thing I can do ... put personal feelings away and just try to ensure [you're] 100 per cent correct."
Bayan Radi arrived with her family from Qatar in 2009 and started to interpret for IRSA the following year, assisting clients from Arabic-speaking countries such as Libya and Iraq.
Her daughters, Nadeen and Raneem Subeh, started working along with her in 2015, a few years before the number of Syrian refugees arriving on the Island increased exponentially.
Some of the people they helped at the time went through immense suffering. One woman was injured by a sniper while fleeing the war with her family. Another couple had to resort to begging for food and money while waiting to get to Canada.
"They left their homes and they left everything behind them. Some people went to Lebanon, to Jordan but didn't have anything," Radi said.
Radi said she will never forget some of the stories she's heard from people she has helped, noting that being a good listener and showing empathy are some of the most important skills for an interpreter.
"They want to tell their stories. It's that kind of sympathy, you know, they need our sympathy," she said. "That's why, you know, they call me anytime, it doesn't matter; night, evening or morning, I keep answering them. I don't reject their call. I try my best not to reject their calls."
The family has established friendships with some of their former clients, continuing to help out on occasion.
"Sometimes we do gatherings. Like family gatherings, because most of them there are kind of my age. Of course, they do have families," said Nadine, who is in her late 20s.
Sometimes she helps with taxes and bureaucratic letters.
"Just finding our way around P.E.I. basically is what we needed help with and we did find people to help us around so we're basically paying it forward," Raneem said.
Sweeting, who also does translation and interpreting for the Chief Public Health Office [CPHO], said she regularly talks to her mother about work, especially on "bad days."
"Translating can be kind of hard on the brain after a day of doing it. It's ... a lot of work mentally," she said.
"The thing with interpreting and translating in general is you can't translate or interpret word for word. You have to translate the meaning of what the person is trying to get across. It's all about listening and making sure you catch everything, every aspect of who the person is trying to portray. And that it can be difficult at times."
But she said at the end of the day, it's all worth it to hear how grateful some of her clients are for what she does — even if it's very simple.
"[Through the CPHO] I've been able to work with a lot of the temporary foreign workers that come here from Mexico. And it's probably one of the most gratifying experiences," she said.
"Most of them don't speak any English at all. So when they come here, they kind of feel isolated, I guess. They're away from their family, they had to isolate [when] all the restrictions were in place. And simple things like needing more coffee and sugar during their isolation period, or if they wouldn't get their meal ... the only way they had to communicate was for me, really.
"So it was a great experience to be able to help them communicate, because otherwise, some of them told me they don't know what they would have done."
