Telling Through Translation by Dr. Margaret Read MacDonald

Telling Through Translation

Our marvelous contemporary world allows us to travel the globe telling stories. It brings friends who speak many languages to our own hometowns. We need not hesitate to share our stories with audiences who do not speak our language. But we do need 2 things: a bilingual friend who will translate for us ... and a technique for facilitating translation

In this workshop for experienced storytellers, Margaret Read MacDonald will expand on her handbook Tell the World: Storytelling Across LanguageBarriers to teach techniques for sharing a story via a translator. She will demonstrate the techniques and facilitate the participants in practising the techniques.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR STORYTELLERS WITH SOME EXPERIENCE. For a beginners workshop by Dr Margaret Read Macdonald please see Playing With Stories which will be held from 2pm to 5.30pm on the same day, at the same venue.

About Dr Margaret Read MacDonald

Folklorist and storyteller Dr. Margaret Read MacDonald travels the world telling stories and teaching others to tell. She has been described as "a grand dame of storytelling" by the US School Library Journal and is the author of over 66 books on folklore and storytelling topics, including Peace Tales: World Folktales to Talk About and Teaching with Story: Classroom Connections to Storytelling (with Jen and Nat Whitman). Her books are available via Amazon and Book Depository.

You can read more about her at her website www.margaretreadmacdonald.com

Date: Saturday 24th November 2018

Time: 9am to 12.30pm

Venue: Multi-purpose Room 2, Goodman Arts Centre, Block B, #03-11, Singapore, 439053

Transport:

MRT - Alight at Circle Line’s Mountbatten MRT (Exit B)

Bus Alight at Bus Stop (91099) on Mountbatten Road. Bus numbers 12, 14, 30, 30e, 158, 196, 401

Cost:

FEAST Conference Participants and Storytelling Association Members - SGD$40

Story Connection Supporters and Friends - SGD$45

General Public - SGD$55

This workshop is organised by the Storytelling Association (Singapore) in Collaboration with the Federation of Asian Storytellers (FEAST) as part of the FEAST Conference 2018.

For enquiries please email: Nandini at secretary@storytellingsingapore.com

Become a member of the Storytelling Association (Singapore) at http://storytellingsingapore.com/associate-membership

Become a Member of the Federation of Asian Storytellers and sign up for the FEAST Conference 2018 at www.feast-story.org