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Translations challenge

Translation: “unravelling, unpicking, loosening the seams…”

Translating poetry is a complex and thrilling project, which involves two separate poets, not one original poet and a person with a dictionary. This feature looks at some of the slippery and exciting issues of translation and challenges you to have a go!

Poems

  • Little GirlLisa Santika OnggridWinner, Translation Challenge 2013
  • ClocksJacob SilkstoneWinner, Translation Challenge 2013
  • The TimeJessica HilbertWinner, Translation Challenge 2013
  • The Crime of the Prison DoorEric AupperleWinner, Translation Challenge 2013
  • SuicidePratyusha PrakashWinner, Translation Challenge 2013
  • The Butterfly’s Love of FlowersSaga RingmarWinner, Translation Challenge 2013
  • La Belle Dame Sans MerciSabrina HoganWinner, Translation Challenge 2013
  • Lament for ChaucerAlice CattleyWinner, Translation Challenge 2013
  • Autumn TwilightMaria CalinescuWinner, Translation Challenge 2013
  • UntitledAmber BurbidgeWinner, Translation Challenge 2013
  • Unexpected SituationVasiliki SkarlopoulouWinner, Translation Challenge 2013
  • Sonnet 146Phoebe WalkerWinner, Translation Challenge 2013
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