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- Title
J'vous djis enne cho', lâ: Translating Oral Michif French into Written English.
- Authors
Sing, Pamela V.
- Abstract
The article discusses the challenges involved in translating the oral traditions of the Metis people of Canada from the Michif language into English. The Franco-Metis culture, which is based on a combination of First Nations Canadian and French colonial cultures, is said to have evolved a highly distinctive language and poetic tradition. The author's efforts to recover examples of the oral history of this culture are described, and the transcription, transliteration and translation processes involved are recounted, with an emphasis on historical relevance.
- Subjects
CANADA; MICHIF language; METIS; LANGUAGE &; culture; ORAL history; ORAL tradition
- Publication
Quebec Studies, 2010, Vol 50, p57
- ISSN
0737-3759
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3828/qs.50.1.57