Translingualism, Translation and Caribbean Poetry : : Mother Tongue Has Crossed the Ocean / / Pieter C. Muysken, Hilda Windt Ayoubi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Windt Ayoubi, Hilda,; Muysken, Pieter C.,
• MitwirkendeR: Ayoubi, Hilda de Windt,; Dekeŭnink, Herman,; Mengozzi, Alessandro,; Muysken, Pieter C.,; Smith, Matthew,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 p.)

Linguists estimate that around 7,000 languages exist, but many are under threat. Translingualism, Translation and Caribbean Poetry is a multi-language collection comprising over fifty translations of the poem 'Lenga di mama' ('Mother Tongue') by Curaçao-born poet Hilda de Windt Ayoubi, published here alongside three additional poems each providing a different perspective on the mother tongue. De Windt Ayoubi's sharp, socially charged poetry has inspired translations from across the world. Collected here for the first time, they serve to protect the native languages and cultures – particularly the minority languages – of their translators, who range from expert linguists to speakers of underrepresented languages. In his accompanying essay, Pieter C. Muysken considers the role of translation in addressing the urgent cultural concern of language loss and revitalization where he discusses bilingual translations and mass translations. Complete with maps, language profiles, interviews with the translators, and the poet’s essay on Papiamento, this collection explores the emotional, cultural and intellectual importance of language conservation through poetry and translation.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents / Tabla di Kontenido -- How to Navigate This Book / Kon Nabegá den e Buki akí -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part 1 Introducing the Mother Tongue / Introdukshon di Lenga di Mama -- Papiamento and Guene/Gueni : The Importance of Translation and Poetry for the Development and Conservation of Mother Tongue / Papiamentu i Guene/Gueni: E Importansia di Tradukshon i Poesia pa Desaroyo i Konservashon di Lenga di Mama -- Part 2 The Poem “Lenga di Mama” and its Transl ations , Comments and Language Descriptions / E Poema “Lenga di Mama” i su Tradukshonnan i Komentario i Deskripshon di e Idiomanan -- Creole Languages /Idioma. Krioyo Pieter C. Muysken. Jamaican Creole -- African and Asian Languages Idioma Afrikano i Asiátiko -- Amerindian Languages Idioma Amerindio -- Constructed Languages Idioma Konstruí -- Germanic Languages Idioma Germániko -- Romance Languages Idioma Romániko -- Other Indo-European Languages Otro Idiomanan Indo-Europeo -- Other Languages of Europe / Otro idiomanan di Europa -- Semitic Languages / Idioma Semítiko -- Part 3 The Poem “E ‘papiá’ di Papiamentu” and its Translations / E Poema “E ‘papiá’ di Papiamentu” i su Tradukshonnan -- Part 4 The Poem “Papiamentu pa Semper” and its Translations / E Poema “Papiamentu pa Semper” i su Tradukshonnan -- Part 5 The Poem “Riba Ala di Lenga di Mama” and its Translations / E Poema “Riba Ala di Lenga di Mama” i su Tradukshonnan -- Part 6 Commentary Komentario -- Translation, Language Endangerment and Revitalization, Bilingual Texts Tradukshon, Peliger pa Pèrdida di idioma i Revitalisashon di Idioma, Teksto Bilingual -- In Memoriam Professor Dr. Pieter C. Muysken / Na Memoria di Profesor Dr. Pieter C. Muysken -- Special Thanks Also / Un Danki Speshal Tambe -- Note on the Authors / Informashon tokante e Outornan -- Index