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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, March 21, 1968
'Poem translator should be poet'
By Mary Morrow Kansan Staff Reporter
To simplify the enormous difficulty of the task of translating poetry, the translator should be a poet himself, according to Adam Gillon, who recited poetry at a lecture Wednesday in the Kansas Union.
Prof. Gillon of the State University of New York at New Paltz is considered a poet in his own right and well known for his numerous translations of Russian and Polish poetry.
"A true translation of poetry is a transference of culture, not merely language," Gillon said.
"The danger of today's computers translating poetry is remote, because it isn't an exact science," Gillon said.
The essence of all poetry are the words and their style of arrangement and appearance, he explained. The translator can't always translate literally and save the essence of the poem.
Some words can't be translated into polite language without losing meaning, Gillon said. When he hits one of those he doesn't bother with politeness; if the foreign
Dyche free films on Brazil tonight
Two documentary films on Brazil will be shown at 7:30 p.m. today in Dyche Auditorium. Admission is free.
"Brazil: The Take-off Point" observes the awesome problems facing Brazil, her importance to the United States, her future and the future of Latin America.
"Brazil: the Vanishing Negro" observes the country reputed to be a racial paradise in terms of its past and present including the influence of Afro-Brazilian religious ceremonies, amalgamation and racial democracy.
word translates to four-letter Anglo-Saxon, that's what he uses, he said.
After years of experience in translating poetry, Gillon has developed a total commitment to the message in the poem.
Gillon recited passages from 13 Russian poems in both Russian and English and several Polish
poems in a like manner. The poems were varied and included elements of melancholy, symbolism, humor, romance and political sarcasm.
Gillon recited the Polish poem "The Locomotive" to demonstrate perfect rhyme. It sounded like a real moving locomotive when recited in Polish.
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