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JOHN WOODSWORTH (Джон Вудсворт) . Translator (Russian/English), Teacher, Researcher, Editor, Poet based in Ottawa, the national capital of Canada Certified Translator (Russian-English),
ATIO
Literary Translator (Russian-English),
LTAC/ATTLC
Member, Russian Interregional Union of Writers Member, Derzhavin Academy of
Winner (together with co-translator Arkadi Klioutchanski): 2011 Lois Roth Award for literary translation into English e-mail: jw[at]kanadacha.ca
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"Kanadskaya Dacha" (Канадская дача)
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PUBLICATIONS: LIFETIME SUMMARY
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Home page updated 2 January 2013 NEW: Announcement of JW’s retirement from the NEW: Two of JW’s poem translations quoted in NEW: Three translations of poems by Felix Gurt published in Five new poems published in V. Levenko's Translation of Tolstaya's
My life
New Russian literary memberships
Alternate JW webpage links updated (2/1/13) New webpage
profile on Academia.edu (18/6/10)
Member, Literary Translators'
Association of Canada
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translations page updated 7 February 2012 Translation of extensive quotations from Tolstaya's writings NOW AWARD-WINNING: Sofia
Andreevna Tolstaya's
My life
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Click
here for book launch poster
Presentation
on Mikhail Sadovsky & Felix Gurt
* * * Poetry page updated 2 January 2013
NEW: Piano performances on You/Tube
NEW: Three new poem translations published in Fowl Feathered Review
NEW: One poem published in Iskra (reference added 31/8/12)
NEW: Poetry & piano combinations now in mp3 files (reference added 25/4/12)
One new poem translation published in a UK book (reference added 7/2/12) Fourteen
new poem publications including five in V. Levenko's collection Po doroge k gorizontu (published in Simferopol') Three
new poems by Anatoly Nazirov
39
poem translations published in Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya's My life
JW's translation of "Moscow Nights" now sung on YouTube by Median Music of Germany (reference updated 1/7/10) "The poetry of music
& the music of the spoken word -- a poet-translator's view"
* * * Academic Publications page updated 2 January 2013 Guest blog “A translator’s notebook” Talk on the
Ringing Cedars Series
New book edited:
Two new books edited:
Text now posted on-line of conference paper:
JW's M.A. thesis now posted on-line:
NEW: Published Translator's Prefaces (updated 10/2/2011) * * * Experience
and Activity
pages updated 2/1/13 * * * A special tribute
to a Canadian pioneer professional woman:
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Russian webpages (with poetry/article):
Novyj
kanadets: Dzhon Vudsvort or
Novyj
kanadets (Muza>Litklub>Dzhon Vudsvort>Ob avtore)
(Note: the "Novyj kanadets"
site may not be accessible on older browsers)
Russkij
pereplet
Novaja
literatura
English webpage (showing books
translated):
Literary
Translators' Association of Canada
Ringing Cedars Series
Ringing Cedars Press
Academia webpage profile (English):
Academia.edu/JohnWoodsworth
(includes academic papers)Russian webpage (with poem) on «Svjaz' vremen» website
Джон Вудсворт, Оттава
A translator’s notebook
NEW: Intralingo guest blog
E-mail : <jw[at ]kanadacha.ca>
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Publications: Lifetime summary (updated 2/1//2013) (Click on link for a complete listing) * Books
edited/compiled: 11
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SPECIAL NOTE: JANUARY 2013
On 1 November JW was one of 90 honorees invited
to participate in the Excellence in Research and Education awards
ceremony held annually at the University of Ottawa. This was in
recognition of his receiving (along with co-translator Arkadi
Klioutchanski, who was similarly recognised) the 2011 Lois Roth Award
(presented by the Modern Language Association of America for the best
translation of a literary work into English) for their translation of My life,
the extensive autobiographical memoir of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya (Leo
Tolstoy’s wife) under Andrew Donskov’s editorship, published by
University of Ottawa Press in 2010. JW will continue to pursue his free-lance translation
activities from his home base. He is currently translating two
full-length books by Russian writers in Moscow and the western part of
America, as well as poetry (his preferred specialisation) by Russian
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SPECIAL NOTE: DECEMBER 2012
quoted by Tiffany Ann Conroy Moore in her book Kozintsev’s Shakespeare films. Russian political protest in “Hamlet” and “King Lear” (Jefferson [N.C., USA] & London: McFarland & Co., 2012), pp. 33–34, 89.
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SPECIAL NOTE: NOVEMBER 2012
— a description of JW’s evolving career as a literary translator — subsequently reproduced in the Nov–Dec 2012 issue of Dialogue magazine (Nanaimo, B.C.), pp. 53–54. . |
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SPECIAL NOTE: AUGUST 2012
Vol. I, Nş 1 (2012), pp. 23-28 "A camel I don't want to be..." / "I could have been born..." / "The herd" The Fowl Feathered Review |
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SPECIAL NOTE: JANUARY 2012
"Krim" / "Koshka-muzykantka-2" / "Posle vyborov" / "Besedka" This book also includes four poems by Susan Keyes Woodsworth "The Universe, Dance and Me" / "Observations (on my pictures)" / "Peek-a-boo" / "Between shapes" For samples of SKW's poetry and art, see http://www.nikvel.ru/phalbums/skw.php
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SPECIAL NOTE: APRIL 2011 EDITING OF ENGLISH EDITION
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TRANSLATION OF SOFIA TOLSTAYA'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA PRESS
My
life by Leo Tolstoy's wife, Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya
INVITATION TO THE BOOK LAUNCH (SEPTEMBER 2010) NEW: In 2011 this
translation won the Lois Roth Award for translation of a literary work
from any language into English, presented by the Modern Language Association
of America.
The book was also a finalist
in the Biography/Autobiography section of the 2011 Prose Awards by the
American Association of University Presses.
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NEW SADOVSKY TRANSLATION NOW
PUBLISHED
Before it's too late by contemporary Russian writer Mikhail Sadovsky in JW's English translation. Sadly, this book is no longer available. If anyone knows of a publisher willing to republish them, please contact JW at jw[at]kanadacha.ca For a teleconference presentation of Mikhail Sadovsky's writings and a conversation with this author, CLICK HERE |
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All nine books of Vladimir Megré's Ringing Cedars Series in JW's English translation (edited by Leonid Sharashkin) have now been released in a SECOND EDITION with a new set of covers (see my Prose Translations page for the old covers) Note: Since its initial publication in 1996.the original Russian edition of the Ringing Cedars Series has seen sales of more than 10 million books. And since the publication of the first English edition of Book 1 in February 2005, more than 100,000 books have been sold in English translation. For more detailed information on each book see the publisher's
website at:
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BOOK 1: Anastasia
by Vladimir Megré Translated by John Woodsworth, edited by Leonid Sharashkin First published in English February 2005 Book 1 of the RINGING CEDARS SERIES, tells the story of entrepreneur Vladimir Megré's trade trip to the Siberian taiga in 1995, where he witnessed incredible spiritual phenomena connected with the sacred 'ringing cedar' trees. He spent three days with a recluse named Anastasia, who shared with him her unique outlook on subjects as diverse as gardening, child-rearing, healing, Nature, sexuality, religion and more. This wilderness experience transformed Vladimir so deeply that he abandoned his commercial plans and, penniless, went to Moscow to write a book about the new dimensions of life revealed to him. |
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BOOK 2: The
Ringing Cedars of Russia
by Vladimir Megré Translated by John Woodsworth, edited by Leonid Sharashkin First published in English May 2005 The second book of the Series, in addition to providing a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the story of how Anastasia came to be published, offers a deeper exploration of the universal concepts so dramatically revealed in Book 1. It takes the reader on an adventure through the vast expanses of space, time and spirit -- from the Paradise-like glade in the Siberian taiga to the rough urban depths of Russiaís capital city, from the ancient mysteries of our forebears to a vision of humanityís radiant future |
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BOOK 3: The
Space of Love
by Vladimir Megré Translated by John Woodsworth, edited by Leonid Sharashkin First published in English September 2005 Book 3 describes the author's second visit to Anastasia. Rich with new revelations on natural child-rearing and alternative education, on the spiritual significance of breast-feeding and the meaning of ancient megaliths, it shows how each person's thoughts can influence the destiny of the entire Earth. Megré shares his new outlook on education and children's real creative potential after a visit to a school where pupils have built their own campus and cover the ten-year Russian school syllabus in just two years. Complete with an account of an armed intrusion into Anastasia's habitat, the book illustrates the limitless power of Love and non-violence over the human consciousness. |
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BOOK 4: Co-creation
by Vladimir Megré Translated by John Woodsworth, edited by Leonid Sharashkin First published in English April 2006 The 4th book and centrepiece of the Series paints a dramatic living image of the creation of the Universe and humanity's place in this creation, making this primordial mystery relevant to our everyday living today. Deeply metaphysical yet at the same time down-to-Earth practical, this poetic heart-felt volume helps us uncover answers to the most significant questions about the essence and meaning of the Universe and Nature and the purpose of our existence. It also shows how and why the knowledge of these answers, innate in every human being, has become obscured and forgotten, and points the way toward reclaiming this wisdom and -- in partnership with Nature -- manifesting the energy of Love through our lives. |
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BOOK 5: Who
are we?
by Vladimir Megré Translated by John Woodsworth, edited by Leonid Sharashkin First published in English November 2006 Book 5 describes the authorís search for real-life 'proofs' of Anastasiaís vision presented in the previous volumes. Finding these proofs and taking stock of ongoing global environmental destruction, Vladimir Megré describes further practical steps for putting Anastasia's vision into practice. Full of beautiful realistic images of a new way of living in co-operation with the Earth and each other, this book also highlights the role of children in making us aware of the precariousness of the present situation and in leading the global transition toward a happy, violence-free society. |
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BOOK 6: The
Book of Kin
by Vladimir Megré Translated by John Woodsworth, edited by Leonid Sharashkin First published in English April 2007 Book 6 of the Series describes another visit by the author to Anastasia's glade in the Siberian taiga and his conversations with his growing son, which cause him to take a new look at education, science, history, family and Nature. Through parables and revelatory dialogues and stories Anastasia then leads Vladimir Megré and the reader on a shocking re-discovery of the pages of humanity's real history that have been distorted or kept secret for thousands of years. This knowledge sheds light on the causes of war, oppression and violence in the modern world and guides us in preserving the wisdom of our ancestors and passing it over to future generations. |
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BOOK 7: The
energy of life
by Vladimir Megré Translated by John Woodsworth, edited by Leonid Sharashkin First published in English November 2007 The seventh book of the Series re-asserts the power of human thought and the influence of our thinking on our lives and the destiny of the entire planet and the Universe. It also brings forth a practical understanding of ways to consciously control and build up the power of our creative thought. The book sheds still further light on the forgotten pages of humanity's history, on religion, on the roots of inter-racial and inter-religious conflict, on ideal nutrition, and shows how a new way of thinking and a lifestyle in true harmony with Nature can lead to happiness and solve the personal and societal problems of crime, corruption, misery, conflict, war and violence. |
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BOOK 8.1: The
new civilisation
by Vladimir Megré Translated by John Woodsworth, edited by Leonid Sharashkin First published in English January 2008 Book 8, Part 1 describes yet another visit by Vladimir Megré to Anastasia and their son, and offers new insights into practical co-operation with Nature, showing in ever greater detail how Anastasia's lifestyle applies to our lives. Describing how the visions presented in previous volumes have already taken beautiful form in real life and produced massive changes in Russia and beyond, the author discerns the birth of a new civilisation. The book also paints a vivid image of America's radiant future, in which the conflict between the powerful and the helpless, the rich and the poor, the city and the country, can be transcended and thereby lead to transformations in both the individual and society. |
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BOOK 8.2: Rites
of Love
by Vladimir Megré Translated by John Woodsworth, edited by Leonid Sharashkin First published in English April 2008 Book 8, Part 2 contrasts today's mainstream attitudes to sex, family, childbirth and education with our forebears' lifestyle, which reflected their deep spiritual understanding of the significance of conception, pregnancy, homebirth and upbringing of the young in an atmosphere of love. In powerful poetic prose Megré describes their ancient way of life, grounded in love and non-violence, and shows the practicability of this same approach today. Through the life-story of one family, he portrays the radiant world of the ancient Russian Vedic civilisation, the drama of its destruction and its re-birth millennia later -- in our present time. |
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SPECIAL NOTE: DECEMBER 2006 TWO BLAGODAROVA TRANSLATIONS
PUBLISHED BY LULU
Oh
those dark eyes and Neither
Greek nor Jew -- two novels by Russian-Canadian writer Faina
Blagodarova may be ordered in JW's English translation from Lulu.com.
The original Russian version is also available for purchase from the same
address.
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SPECIAL NOTE: OCTOBER 2006 NEW SADOVSKY TRANSLATION NOW
PUBLISHED
Stepping into the blue... and other stories and Those were the years -- by contemporary Russian writer Mikhail Sadovsky in JW's English translation. Sadly, these books are no longer available. If anyone knows of a publisher willing to republish them, please contact JW at jw[at]kanadacha.ca For a teleconference presentation
of Mikhail Sadovsky's writings and a conversation with this author, CLICK
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SPECIAL NOTE: FEBRUARY 2008 TRANSLATION of 16 poems
for children
Matryoshka
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SPECIAL NOTE: MARCH 2008 TRANSLATION of
Edited by Andrew Donskov, F.R.S.C.
Selected correspondence between Leo Tolstoy and four prominent sectarian writers (Timofej Bondarev, Fedor Zheltov, Petr Verigin and Mikhail Novikov) in English translation . |
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Education * 1965> B.A. (Russian,
Honours),
University of British Columbia
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University appointments (See further details under 'Teaching' on my Experience page) * 1967-68> University
of Calgary (Linguistics: Lecturer)
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Recent professional & literary activities * Translation (mainly Russian
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Books (including electronic) recently edited/compiled (since 2007) (Click here for a complete listing) NEW * 2011> Anatoly Nazirov: A poet's gallery. Translated from the Russian by Ivan Zhavoronkov, edited by John Woodsworth. Includes Editor's foreword and Translator's essay. Toronto, York University, 2011. 161 pp. ISBN 978-0-8737762-o-X NEW * 2011> Anatoly Nazirov: Zarathustra. Translated from the Russian by Ivan Zhavoronkov, edited by John Woodsworth. Includes Editor's foreword. Toronto, York University, 2011. 97 pp. ISBN 978-0-8737762-1-8 NEW * 2011>
Ivan
Zhavoronkov:
Zarathustra's
Larkmotif. Edited by John Woodsworth. x.
Toronto, York University, 2011. 48 pp. ISBN 978-0-8737762-3-2
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Recent prose translations (since 2007) (Click here for a complete listing). * 2007> Vladimir Megre, The Book of Kin [Rodovaja kniga]. Book 6 in the Ringing Cedars Series, edited by Leonid Sharashkin. Published April 2007. Please see Prose translations page for further details. * 2007 > Stanislav Koslovsky, excerpt from Computerra article Skorost' mysli ["The speed of thought"], on the Toki Pona website, together with summary of article. Please see Prose translations page for further details. * 2007> Vladimir Megre, The Energy of Life [Čnergija zhizni]. Book 7 in the Ringing Cedars Series, edited by Leonid Sharashkin. Published November 2007. Please see Prose translations page for further details. * 2008> Vladimir Megre, The New Civilisation [Novaja tsivilizatsija]. Book 8.1 in the Ringing Cedars Series, edited by Leonid Sharashkin. Published January 2008. Please see Prose translations page for further details. * 2008> Andrew Donskov (ed.), Leo Tolstoy and Russian peasant sectarian writers: selected correspondence. Published March 2008. Please see Prose translations page for further details. * 2008> Vladimir Megre, Rites of Love [Obrjady Ljubvi]. Book 8.2 in the Ringing Cedars Series, edited by Leonid Sharashkin. Published April 2008. Please see Prose translations page for further details. * 2008 > Mikhail Sadovsky, novel Before it's too late [Poka ne pozdno]. Please see Prose translations page for further details. NEW: * 2010> Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya, My life [Moja zhizn']. Co-translated with Arkadi Klioutchanski under the editorship of Andrew Donskov. Published by the University of Ottawa Press, 2010. Please see Prose translations page for further details. . |
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Recent poetry translations published (since 2007) (Click here for a complete listing) * 2007 > Translation of one of my original poems published in Iskra. See details NEW: * 2007> Translation of nine of my original poems from America (Russian to English), forming Part III of a chapbook entitled Strochki iz trekh stran / Lines from three lands, published on the Language and Culture website. See details. NEW: * 2008> Translation of 16 poems for children written and illustrated by Faina Blagodarova. See details. NEW: *
2008> Translation
of 3 poems by Vladimir Megré in Rites
of Love..
See details. NEW: * 2012> One poem by Aleksandr Pushkin plus one poem by Boris Pasternak: "Gamlet" [Hamlet]. See details.
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Original poems in Russian recently published (since 2007) (Click here for a complete listing) * 2007 > Nine of my original poems from Canada, forming Part III of a chapbook entitled Strochki iz trekh stran / Lines from three lands, published on the Language and Culture website. See details. * 2007 > One poem (in Russian, with English translation) in Iskra (February 2007). See details. * 2007> Two poems (in Russian) on the Zoo Express website. See details. NEW: * 2009> One poem (in Russian) on the Rassylki website. See details. NEW: * 2009> Two poems (in Russian) posted by Geraldine on the Facebook page "Russian poems". See details. NEW: * 2009> One poem (in Russian) published in Svjaz' vremën (2009).See details. NEW: *
2010> One poem (in
Russian) on the nikvel.ru website..See
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Recently published articles & book reviews (since 2004) (Click here for main listing) (Note: [R] designates a refereed book or journal at the time of publication) * 2004 > "Russkaja slovesnost' v nerusskoj Kanade: odna istorija" [The Russian literary arts in non-Russian Canada: one story]. With an introduction by Tatiana Kalashnikova. Article: Russkij pereplet [on-line Russian literary magazine]. [R] (Click on the title to read the article on the Pereplet site.) Re-published on Novaja literatura [R] (Click here to read the article on the Novaja Literatura site.) * 2004 > "Lidija Dmitrievna Gromova-Opul'skaja: d-r fil. nauk, tolstoved, drug vsego mira" / "Lidija Dmitrievna Gromova-Opul'skaja: Ph.D., Tolstoy scholar, friend to the whole world". In Russian with English translation. Iskra No 1954 (25/2/04), pp. 52-55. * 2005> Review of Koozma Tarasoff's book/CD: Spirit-Wrestlesrs: Doukhobor pioneer's strategies for living (Ottawa: Legas, 2002). Iskra No 1969 (27/4/05), pp. 22-23. * 2005 > Review of Koozma
Tarasoff's book/CD: Spirit-Wrestlesrs: Doukhobor pioneer's strategies
for living Canadian
Slavonic Papers 47:3-4 (Sept.-Dec. 2005), pp.433-36.
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NEW: * 2006> "Links
across space and time: the life and works of Leo Tolstoy, Mary Baker Eddy
and Vladimir Megre"
(text of conference paper, York University, May 2006). Energy of
Life Newsletter, 7 July 2006.
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Recent talks, papers & briefs (since 2003) (Click here for a complete listing) * 2003 >"Zadacha počticheskogo perevodchika: perevod tselogo stikhotvorenija / The Poetry translator's task: translating the whole poem".Ý Institut zhurnalistiki i literaturnogo tvorchestva [Institute of Journalism and Creative Writing], Moscow, August 2003. * 2003 > "L.N. Tolstoj i M.B. Čddi: sopostavitel'nyj vzgljad" [Leo Tolstoy and Mary Baker Eddy: a comparative view].Ý Third International Tolstoy Conference, Yasnaya Polyana, August 2003. [Click here for an illustrated ovew of the conference.] Now published in Conference proceedings (see Recently published articles above). * 2005 > "Translation of prose, poetry and poetic prose". Talk for Russian literature students, Arizona State University, September 2005. * 2005 > "Peculiarities of the Russian language". Talk for Spanish listening-comprehension students, Principia College (Elsah, Illinois, USA), October 2005. * 2005 > "Sketches for three talks".-- (a) Leo Tolstoy and Mary Baker Eddy; (b) Leo Tolstoy and the Canadian Doukhobors; (c) Prose and poetry translation. Presentation for selected faculty members, Principia College (Elsah, Illinois, USA), October 2005. * 2006> "The poetry of music and the music of the spoken word -- a poet-translator's view" -- 2-hour oral presentation, with poetic and musical illustrations, for the University of Ottawa Alumni Culture Club, writer's workshop, April 2006. * 2006> "Links across space & time: the life and works of Leo Tolstoy, Mary Baker Eddy and Vladimir Megre". Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Slavists, York University (Toronto), May 2006. NEW: * 2007> "Translating
contemporary Russian literature" --
informal talk for
NEW: * 2008> "The translation of the Ringing Cedars Series". Presentation at the translation session entitled "The slings & arrows of literary translation" at the Ottawa Writers' Festival, Library & Archives Canada, 17 April 2008. Sponsored by the School of Translating & Interpreting, Univ. of Ottawa and the Literary Translators' Association of Canada. NEW: *2011> "The
Ringing Cedars Series and its relation to Christian Science" --
Presentation for a group of Ringing Cedars Series readers, Wilno (Ont.),
October 2011.
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Work in progress *Translation of Preferans v Drevnem Egipte, a novel by Moscow writer Ol'ga Gedimin-Borisova. *Translation of a collection of poems by Russian-American writer Felix Gurt. (Publication details to be determined.) *Translation of a book for a Russian writer in the western part of America. Details to come. *Translation of poems by émigré writer Khrystyna Vashchuk in Geneva. Details to come. . |
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"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you... Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." -- John
14:27
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Russian webpages (with poetry/article):
Novyj
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avtore)
(Note: the "Novyj kanadets"
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NEW:Russkij
pereplet
Ringing Cedars "About the Series" page
Ringing Cedars Press
A translator’s notebook
NEW: Intralingo guest blogE-mail : <jw[at ]kanadacha.ca>
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