Dan Martin – Tsadra Conferences https://conference.tsadra.org Buddhist Conferences Thu, 17 Nov 2022 06:36:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.11 Oddities and Curiosities in Tibetan Translation https://conference.tsadra.org/session/oddities-and-curiosities-in-tibetan-translation/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:00:43 +0000 http://conference-wp.tsadra.org/?post_type=session&p=14973 “What is an oddity,” you ask? How odd of you to ask! We all know what oddities are when we see them. It may be a subjective response, but it’s there all the same. The odd thing seems out of place, it sits there glaring out at you without an obvious explanation. Every problem has its solution, or so it’s sometimes said, but that doesn’t mean they always will be solved.

The co-organizers take turns presenting oddities from among their personal favorites. The range of possible oddities, which seems beyond all limit, were narrowed down to more manageable categories that included the following: 1. Oddities of script. 2. Oddities of Spelling. 3. Word oddities. 4. Odd identifications (problems with proper names). 5. Odd philosophical discussions. 6. Odd choices of quotations 7. Odd ways of filling numeric categories. And, as a final catchall category, we should add oddities of content. Our primary intention is to discuss literary examples, oddities found in Tibetan-language texts.

]]> Translating Biographical and Historical Materials https://conference.tsadra.org/session/translating-biographical-and-historical-materials/ Sat, 24 Mar 2018 02:57:03 +0000 http://conference-wp.tsadra.org/?post_type=session&p=14961 This workshop addresses the motivation and practical considerations of translating historical and biographical works. Amelia Hall talks about her experience with the construction and translation of a namtar (Wyl. rnam thar, hagiography) and the idiosyncrasies of balancing the needs of the academy and the world of spiritual practitioners as it relates to such a genre. Kurtis Schaeffer walks us through the practical decisions he made while producing a translation of an eighteenth century text to keep his specific audience inspired and engaged. Dan Martin offers a perspective about dating texts in an historical context using available resources.

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