Because ‘mama’ is often the first word we ever learn to say, it can be surprisingly challenging to translate. Jess discusses ‘mama’ and its many synonyms, and fills us in on a humorous run-in with a living author…
Bonus: Jess Jensen Mitchell on mama and living authors
Jun 18, 2024
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Paraphrasis is a podcast dedicated to the art and practice of literary translation, brought to you by a team of graduate students in the Department of Comparative Literature at Harvard.
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