Centre for the promotion of Galician Literature in Translation
O recurso é utilísimo para a promoción da nosa literatura en inglés (inclúe textos traducidos e referencias de Mendinho, Rosalía, Cunqueiro ou Manuel Rivas) ou a relación de textos da literatura galega traducidos ao inglés (até 2001). O traballo de Dunne (que actualmente está traducindo ao inglés Os libros arden mal e ten lista para a edición unha magna Antoloxía histórica da literatura galega bilingüe inglés-galego) demostra que é absolutamente viable, se houbese vontade institucional abonda, acometer un proxecto deste tipo dirixido ao marco profesional e comercial da edición internacional (editores, axentes literarios, “scouts” e profesores de estudos galegos), na que se incluísen traducións de mostra, sinopses, entrevistas con autores, información sobre axudas públicas. Non deixaremos de insistir nesta idea que cremos viable e imprescindible.
Como mostra do traballo desta iniciativa xenerosa reproducimos a tradución da cantiga de Mendinho (xa traducido a vinte e oito linguas), realizada polo propio Jonathan Dunne sobre a edición de Tavani:
At Saint Simon’s chapel I took my seat
and was caught by the waves, how tall they seem.
I was waiting for my friend! Will he come?At the chapel before the altar-stone
I was caught by the waves, they seem to grow.
I was waiting for my friend! Will he come?And was caught by the waves, how tall they seem,
I have no boatman to row for me.
I was waiting for my friend! Will he come?And was caught by the waves, the sea below,
I have no boatman, nor know how to row.
I was waiting for my friend! Will he come?I have no boatman to row for me,
fair maid I shall die on the open sea.
I was waiting for my friend! Will he come?I have no boatman, nor know how to row,
fair maid I shall die on the sea below.
I was waiting for my friend! Will he come?
