Biographical Materials – 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 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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