"It Was the Poem Itself": The Aim of Translating Yiddish Poetry
Richard Fein, poet and translator, discusses his goal when translating Yiddish poetry: to make the poem come alive and work in English. He eschews ascribing any larger purpose of "reviving" Yiddish being part of his work.
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