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Book SynopsisLinguists 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 ContentsHow to Navigate This Book / Kon Nabega den e Buki aki
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 (Hilda de Windt Ayoubi)
Part 2 The Poem “Lenga di Mama” and its Translations, Comments and Language Descriptions
E Poema “Lenga di Mama” i su Tradukshonnan i Komentario i Deskripshon di e Idiomanan (Pieter C. Muysken and Hilda de Windt Ayoubi)
Creole Languages / Idioma Krioyo (Pieter C. Muysken. Jamaican Creole by Matthew Smith)
African and Asian Languages / Idioma Afrikano i Asiatiko (Pieter C. Muysken)
Amerindian Languages / Idioma Amerindio (Pieter C. Muysken)
Constructed Languages / Idioma Konstrui (Herman Deke.nink)
Germanic Languages / Idioma Germaniko (Pieter C. Muysken)
Romance Languages / Idioma Romaniko (Pieter C. Muysken and Hilda de Windt Ayoubi (for Catalan))
Other Indo-European Languages /Otro Idiomanan Indo-Europeo (Pieter C. Muysken)
Other Languages of Europe /Otro idiomanan di Europa (Pieter C. Muysken)
Semitic Languages /Idioma Semitiko (Pieter C. Muysken and Alessandro Mengozzi (for the Aramaic languages and Hebrew))
Part 3 The Poem “E ‘papiá’ di Papiamentu” and its Translations
E Poema “E ‘papiá’ di Papiamentu” i su Tradukshonnan (The Translations and Editing of the Poem Hilda de Windt Ayoubi and Leontine Kuster (for French))
Part 4 The Poem “Papiamentu pa Semper” and its Translations
E Poema “Papiamentu pa Semper” i su Tradukshonnan (The Translations and Editing of the Poem Hilda de Windt Ayoubi and Pieter Muysken (for Dutch))
Part 5 The Poem “Riba Ala di Lenga di Mama” and its Translations
E Poema “Riba Ala di Lenga di Mama” i su Tradukshonnan (The Translations and Editing of the Poem Hilda de Windt Ayoubi, Pieter Muysken (for Dutch), Ingrid Donati (for Italian))
Part 6 Commentary / Komentario
Translation, Language Endangerment and Revitalization, Bilingual Texts
Tradukshon, Peliger pa Perdida di idioma i Revitalisashon di Idioma, Teksto Bilingual (Pieter C. Muysken)
In Memoriam Professor Dr. Pieter C. Muysken / Na Memoria di Profesor Dr. Pieter C. Muysken (Hilda de Windt Ayoubi)
Special Thanks Also / Un Danki Speshal Tambe
Note on the Authors / Informashon tokante e Outornan
Index / Indise
