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The Students' Comments on the Translation Project Students in Timothy Mossman's Interpretation and Translation Studies 200 course at Canadian International College translated Keiichiro Sugimoto's stories. Below are comments they made about the project. I
think this translation project was so
exciting. Also, it helped us to learn the
method of translation. I would have liked
to translate one more story in Keiichiro's
essay. I think Keiichiro is a great
translator because he is not only a good
translator, but also he is concerned with
helping people who want to be a
translator. - Daisuke I
thought this translation project was very
useful because I was able to practice
translation. Of course, I learned
differences between Japanese and Canadian
culture through the story. Moreover, I
could learn how native people say, write
and use English. It's so helpful for me.
Having it published on his home page is
very good. I want somebody else to use it
to study English. -
Kazuyoshi First,
It was difficult for me because I didn't
know many words which are difficult to
translate naturally in English. Also,
there were words with different and
difficult expressions and meanings.
However, I enjoyed to do this essay. I
could learn how to translate these
expressions and how to translate difficult
meaning (eg. loose socks). So, it was a
good experience for me! -
Kanae I
translated A Sandwich Story last term. It
was very difficult because there are many
words which can't be translated into
Japanese. Therefore, I had to understand
well and had to change words. I think
these things depend on translator. I think
that was the most difficult thing. -
Hiroshi I
thought the translation project was very
difficult for me because it was the first
time to translate a whole story such as "A
Sandwich Story". I fought desperately with
my dictionary for a long time.... However,
it became a good experience and great
confidence for me. I was really glad and
satisfied when I finished it all up!!!
Also, I was satisfied when my part of the
translation—"selling like hot
cakes"—was praised by Tim...and maybe
Keiichiro. I felt happy to have that
opportunity. Thank you. -
Kanako That
was really a good idea that we translated
the story in the class. There were
different expressions because there were
12 students in our ITS class. However, it
was good to share our own individual
expression or own translation. However,
Kenichiro's story has lots of extra
stories . This story was titled "Sandwich
story", but in fact there were lots of
different stories which are not directly
related to sandwiches. Thank you very
much. - Kaori Keiichiro
Sugimoto explains why he wrote the stories:
Timothy
Mossman writes:
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