This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
Jun 21, 2012
Opinion & features

Alice Walker rejects Israeli translation of her book

Source: National Post
Story flagged by: nuvo
JERUSALEM (AP) — American writer Alice Walker won’t let an Israeli publisher release a new Hebrew edition of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Color Purple,” saying she objects to Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people.

Walker, an ardent pro-Palestinian activist, said in a letter to Yediot Books that Israel practices “apartheid” and must change its policies before her works can be published there. More.

Comments about this article


Alice Walker rejects Israeli translation of her book
DZiW (X)
DZiW (X)
Oekraïne
Engels naar Russisch
+ ...
why, Jun 24, 2012

she has such right, but I personally see no use of it: if she denies official (legit) translation then people will certainly get nonofficial (illegal). Who wins?

Indeed, she could do better and use her royalties from Israeli much wiser IMO)
 
Mark Robertson
Mark Robertson
Local time: 18:10
Lid 2010
Portugees naar Engels
+ ...
An ardent pro-Palestinian activist Jun 25, 2012

Walker is just another example of those so-called celebrities, who think with their hearts and not their heads. Their guiding epistemological principle is that the "underdog" is always right. Such people therefore have no need to engage brain, all they have to do is find the underdog. So Walker, wittingly or unwittingly, leaps on the bandwagon of the heart and shoots herself in the foot, by acting as the censor of her own works in the only country in the Middle East where there is a true free m... See more
Walker is just another example of those so-called celebrities, who think with their hearts and not their heads. Their guiding epistemological principle is that the "underdog" is always right. Such people therefore have no need to engage brain, all they have to do is find the underdog. So Walker, wittingly or unwittingly, leaps on the bandwagon of the heart and shoots herself in the foot, by acting as the censor of her own works in the only country in the Middle East where there is a true free market of opinions, and in which her ideas might have an impact. Things are not perfect in Israel but try being an atheist, gay, a single mother or just a liberal anywhere else in the region. ▲ Collapse
 
Ty Kendall
Ty Kendall  Identity Verified
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Local time: 18:10
Hebreeuws naar Engels
Couldn't agree more Mark Jun 25, 2012

This is the result of allowing "celebrities" to think the world revolves around them. Massive egos, sanctimonious and uninformed crusades....

I also don't get such a close comparison between apartheid in South Africa and the situation in the Middle East. It's like comparing apples and oranges. They're both fruit and grow on trees, that's about all they have in common.

I also don't understand her logic. A country she herself believes is tyrannically oppressing another nation... See more
This is the result of allowing "celebrities" to think the world revolves around them. Massive egos, sanctimonious and uninformed crusades....

I also don't get such a close comparison between apartheid in South Africa and the situation in the Middle East. It's like comparing apples and oranges. They're both fruit and grow on trees, that's about all they have in common.

I also don't understand her logic. A country she herself believes is tyrannically oppressing another nation and what does she do? Denies herself the opportunity in engaging with that country and exposing them to literature which might enlighten them. ▲ Collapse
 
RominaZ
RominaZ  Identity Verified
Argentinië
Engels naar Spaans
+ ...
This article is not related to translation per se Jun 25, 2012

This article and the discussion originated from it do not seem to be focused on translation per se so this thread will be locked.

Best regards,
Romina
 

Sign in to add a comment

To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator:

Moderator(en) van dit forum
Jared Tabor[Call to this topic]

You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request »
This discussion can also be accessed via the ProZ.com forum pages.


Translation news
Stay informed on what is happening in the industry, by sharing and discussing translation industry news stories.

Close search
All of ProZ.com
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Zoeken in termen
  • Offerteaanvragen
  • Forums
  • Multiple search