Tell the World: Storytelling Across Language Barriers

193 Pages·2007·0.64 MB·English

by  Margaret Read MacDonald

Tell the World

Tell the World
Storytelling Across Language Barriers
Compiled and Edited by Margaret Read MacDonald
Westport, Connecticut • London
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1. Storytelling. 2. Translatingandinterpreting. I. MacDonald,MargaretRead,
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This book is dedicated to Barb Ittner, editor of
the Libraries Unlimited World Folklore series.
Barb has worked tirelessly over the years to bring us amazing folktales
from around the world. Because of her caring, we can read tales
from the tellers of Australia, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, India,
Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, and twenty other cultures!

Contents
Introduction xi
Chapter 1: Telling Through Translation 1
Margaret Read MacDonald
Chapter 2: Line-By-Line Translation 5
Margaret Read MacDonald
Chapter 3: Tandem Telling 9
Sample story: Grandfather Bear Is Hungry
(English-Japanese) by Margaret Read MacDonald
and Masako Sueyoshi 10
Sample story: Little Boy Frog and Little Boy Snake
(English-Japanese) by Margaret Read MacDonald
and Masako Sueyoshi 14
Chapter 4: More Than Words: Storytelling Without Translation 19
Fran Stallings
Sample story: Two Rival Snakes—Hebi no Kuiai
by Hiroko Fujita and Fran Stallings 25
Chapter 5: One Teller, One Story, Two Languages 29
Two Tales at Once by Joe Hayes 30
A Choreographed Language Mix by Ricardo Provencio 32
Telling a Tale Bilingually by Olga Loya 33
Somos el Barco—We Are the Boat by Angela Lloyd 36
When Some Speak Welsh and All Speak English
by Michael Harvey 38
German/English Telling in Hong Kong by Martin Ellrodt 39
Chapter 6: On the Translator’s Role 41
The Backside of the Tapestry by Livia de Almeida 42
Problems and Pleasures of Story Translation
by Wajuppa Tossa 44
Translating an English Speaker into Japanese
by Masako Sueyoshi 50
The Art of Translating by Paula Mart´ın 51
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Chapter 7: Performing in a Second Language 55
Performing the Japanese Tale in English
by Masako Sueyoshi 55
Telling in a Second Language by Jill Johnson 58
A Swedish-Speaking Finn by Neppe Pettersson 62
Putting Stories into French for Audiences in Belgium
by Priscilla Howe 64
Chapter 8: Story in Language Instruction 67
Mabela the Clever in Hong Kong by Nat and Jen Whitman 67
Mother Goose and Repeated Language
by Judith Wynhausen 72
First Language Telling with Middle School ESL Students
by Michael Harvey 72
Storytelling in Language Camp by Jill Johnson 73
In Every Language There Are Stories to Be Told:
Multilingual Storytelling in Bremen by Julia Klein,
translation by Leslie Strickland 74
Chapter 9: Presenting Tellers of Other Languages 79
Nurturing Tellers with Halting English Skills by
Margaret Read MacDonald 79
Listening in Another Language 81
A Student’s Response to Fujita-san by Kat Redniss 81
An Italian Performs for a Castellano-Speaking Audience
by Paula Martı´n 83
Listening to Cristina Taqeulim’s Portuguese Telling
by Regina Ress 83
Lost and Found in Translation: The Story Tells It All
by Kevin Cordi 84
Presenting Ana Garcia Castellano in New York City
by Regina Ress 87
Cross-Language Telling in Europe by Tim Sheppard 87
Tips for Organizing Storytelling Through Translation
by Murti Bunanta 90
World Language Story Time at the King County Library
System by Maren Ostergaard 92
The Babel Bypass by Ben Haggarty 94
Chapter 10: Presenting Workshops Abroad 99
Margaret Read MacDonald
Chapter 11: Translation into a Signed Language 107
Telling with Sign Language Translation by Lois
Sprengnether Keel 107
Contents ix
How Do You Sign Scallywag? An Interpreter at Work
by Karee Wardrop 112
Chapter 12: Cultural Considerations 117
How Cultures Affect the Tellings by Michael Harvey 117
Telling in Other Languages: Problems and Solutions
by Cathy Spagnoli 119
Translating Mishaps by David Titus 123
The Road to Reaching a Multilingual Audience by Mama
Edie Armstrong 126
Chapter 13: A Language of No Words 131
Laura Simms
Chapter 14: Tellers Travel 137
Not Just a Matter of Language by Regina Ress 137
Traveling with Simple Tales: Tips for Crossing Language
Barriers by Ruth Stotter 140
Sample story: Hello! My Name is Ruth! 140
Sample story: Do Not Touch Baby 141
Sarap! Sarap! Yummy Tales with a Twist of Tagalog by
Dianne de Las Casas 142
Growling Across Language A Success by Bob Kanegis 144
Making Friends Through Telling...Even Across
Language Barriers by Cathryn Fairlee 144
Let the Stories Come by Mary Grace Ketner 146
Found in Translation by Caren S. Neile 148
Chapter 15: On the Translator’s Art 155
Margaret Read MacDonald
Chapter 16: Bibliography 159
Bilingual Folktales 159
English Folktales Translated into Other Languages 161
Index 165
About the Editor and the Contributors 175