Traduttore-traditore, or Sherlock Holmes, The Little Prince & Co. in Ancient Greek

Dr Juan Coderch gave a lecture on Reaching the Classical Authors through Oscar Wilde and Sherlock Holmes within the cycle OBTAmistic Meetings at the Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition (OBTA), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, on March 30, 2023. Dr Coderch shared his experience in translating modern literature (and more) into Latin and Ancient Greek.

An example of latest news in Ancient Greek written for Acropolis World News established by Dr Juan Coderch.
Dr Juan Coderch discussing the difficulties in translating Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince into Ancient Greek.
A piece from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, translated by Dr Juan Coderch.
The lecture incl. a short discussion was attended by Students from “Strumienie” High School in Józefów, Mikołaj Rej High School in Warsaw, and Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School in Kraków.

Dr Coderch’s translation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Little Prince into Ancient Greek, as well as his translations of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest into Ancient Greek and Latin are available in open access: http://coderch-greek-latin-grammar.weebly.com.

The recording of the lecture is available on Our Mythical YouTube channel:

For more about OBTAmistic meetings see: http://www.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/en/spotkania

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