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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>30 October 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi Leanore,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>In the event that you haven't heard about this... <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jane<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> -----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> From: Denise Nevo [mailto:Denise.Nevo@msvu.ca]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Sent: 30 octobre 2006 16:01<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Subject: Fwd: The Mercurian: A Theatrical
Translation Review<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>"Edwin Gentzler"
<gentzler@complit.umass.edu> 2006-10-30 16:30:14<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> >>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Deaer friends,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> A new journal devoted to Theatre Translation,
FYI. Translation Studies is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> really growing! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Best to all, Edwin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> ----- Original Message -----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> From: "Adam Versenyi"
<anversen@email.unc.edu><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> To: "Edwin Gentzler"
<gentzler@complit.umass.edu><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:25 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Subject: The Mercurian: A Theatrical Translation
Review<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > Dear All, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>As many of you know, I have been batting around the
idea of creating a journal <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>dedicated to theatrical translation for a couple of years
now. After much cogitation, I have decided <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>to launch the first The Mercurian initially in a kind
of newletter format, that I will send out <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>electronically as a .pdf to all who
"subscribe", and see where it takes us, which may be a print <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>journal further on down the road.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> >The Mercurian: A Theatrical Translation
Review<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > The Mercurian is named for Mercury
who, if he had known it, was/is the patron god of theatrical <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>translators, those intrepid souls possessed of eloquence,
feats of skill, messengers not <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>between the gods but between cultures, traders in
images, nimble and dexterous linguistic thieves.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > Like the metal mercury, theatrical
translators are capable of absorbing other metals, forming <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>amalgams. As in ancient chemistry, the mercurian
is one of the five elementary "principles" <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>of which all material substances are compounded,
otherwise known as "spirit". The theatrical <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'> translator is sprightly, lively, potentially
volatile, sometimes inconstant, witty, an ideal guide or <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>conductor on the road.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> ><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > The Mercurian is, in part, an attempt to
replace the now defunct Modern International Drama by <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>publishing translations of plays and performance
pieces. More importantly, The Mercurian welcomes <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>theoretical pieces about theatrical translation;
rants, manifestos, and position papers pertaining to <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>translation for the theatre; as well as production
histories of theatrical translations. Submissions to the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>first issue should be sent to me : <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Adam Versenyi at <anversen@email.unc.edu> or by
snail mail:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Adam Versenyi, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Department of Dramatic Art, CB# 3230, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3230. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Deadline is February 28, 2007, with the
first issue due to appear shortly after that in the new year.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>For translations of plays or performance pieces,
unless the material is in the public domain, please send proof of
permission to translate from the playwright or original creator of the
piece.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > Best wishes, Adam<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=FR-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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