Cada año, el 30 de septiembre, se celebra el Día Internacional de la Traducción, coincidiendo con el día de San Jerónimo. Este santo es conocido por haber sido quien tradujo la Biblia al latín, aproximadamente en el año 383 d.c., en una versión conocida como "vulgata", en honor a la que era considerada la lengua del pueblo.
Retrato de William Wordswoth (1770-1850)
El Rincón de los Poetas se caracteriza, entre otras cosas, por nuestra pasión por la literatura y el respeto y admiración por todas aquellas persona que, con su trabajo, contribuyen a permitir que todo el mundo pueda disfrutar de las grandes obras literarias del mundo. En esta labor tienen, sin duda, una importancia fundamental los traductores, pues sin ellos no podríamos disfrutar en castellano de los grandes escritores internacionales.
Para celebrar este día, os dejo con este pequeño fragmento en inglés de un poema del famoso poeta inglés del romanticismo William Wordsworth:
In bed she moaning lay,
Till God released her of her pain;
And then she went away.
"So in the church-yard she was laid;
And, when the grass was dry,
Together round her grave we played,
My brother John and I.
"And when the ground was white with snow,
And I could run and slide,
My brother John was forced to go,
And he lies by her side."
"How many are you, then," said I,
"If they two are in heaven?"
Quick was the little Maid's reply,
"O Master! we are seven."
"But they are dead; those two are dead!
Their spirits are in heaven!"
'Twas throwing words away; for still
The little Maid would have her will,
And said, "Nay, we are seven!"
Till God released her of her pain;
And then she went away.
"So in the church-yard she was laid;
And, when the grass was dry,
Together round her grave we played,
My brother John and I.
"And when the ground was white with snow,
And I could run and slide,
My brother John was forced to go,
And he lies by her side."
"How many are you, then," said I,
"If they two are in heaven?"
Quick was the little Maid's reply,
"O Master! we are seven."
"But they are dead; those two are dead!
Their spirits are in heaven!"
'Twas throwing words away; for still
The little Maid would have her will,
And said, "Nay, we are seven!"
We are Seven. William Wordsworth (1798)
¡Feliz Día Internacional de la Traducción!
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