Saveria M. Torquato is a member of the Literary Translators Association of Canada and the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario. Translating Poetry Translating poetry is not only challenging, but for me, personally, it is as enjoyable as writing itself. Those of us who are translators know that, at times, translation is undervalued and misunderstood as an art form. It is indeed a pleasure, as a translator, to be able to work with an author in the translation of his works. The author and translator collaborate to create original, yet different, works in each of their languages, still portraying the essence of the words as they were meant to be.
Poetry is that which is worth translating.
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