Bilingual Hebrew- English translator - Israel Culture
In addition to being bilingual, “she has a super sensitive ear for the texts she translates, and she strives to find the right English words and the right register for each book."
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In addition to being bilingual, “she has a super sensitive ear for the texts she translates, and she strives to find the right English words and the right register for each book."
If you want to know how the debate about Gaza went terribly wrong, a controversy over a lyrical essay published in an online literary magazine provides clues. Joanna Chen, who emigrated to Israel from Britain, translates Hebrew and Arabic poetry by Israelis and Palestinians into English. She also transports Palestinian children through checkpoints for life-saving […]
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