French Language Division, American Translators Association

CES - Episode 8 - Adventures in Early America - Translating Liancourt's Travels

Informações:

Synopsis

Welcome to the 8th episode of the French Language Division’s Continuing Education Series. In today’s episode, Carolyn Yohn joins Angela Benoit to talk about a book she translated: Comments on the North American Travels of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt: 1794 – 1798. Find out who Liancourt was and learn about his role in documenting early American history. Listen to Carolyn talk about fascinating translation challenges and how she journeyed through a work of historical, political and economic significance. For more information about our podcast, please visit the French Language Division’s website here: www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/category/podcast.