Readings in the Shed | Chapter XI: Found in Translation

What happens when stories are faced with the barriers created by language? Can translation help overcome them?
The words which make up a language don’t simply bear a meaning, they also shoulder the legacy of the language. When stories are translated, they become a wonderful amalgamation of the cultures of two different languages.
In May, Readings in the Shed is back at Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai with its Chapter XI: Found in Translation. Join us for a dramatic reading of German short stories translated in Hindi, Marathi and English.

Readers: Padma Damodaran, Nikhil Murali, Akshay Shimpi and Himali Kothari
Creative editor: Himali Kothari,
Director : Nikhil Katara

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Stories in Translation:

• Auch Kinder sind Zivilisten by Heinrich Böll
• Even children are civilians, translated into English by Ajinkya Lele
• Der Lacher by Heinrich Böll
• The Laugher, translated into English by Leila Vennewitz
• Die Hochzeit by Felicitas Hoppe
• शादी की रात, translated into Hindi by : Sudhanshu Shekhar
• Bei uns in Deutschland by Herta Müller
• हमारे यहाँ जर्मनी में , translated into Hindi by : Namita Khare
• Der Andere. Aus dem Tagebuch eines Hinterbliebenen by Arthur Schnitzler
• दुसरा  Translated into Marathi by Saket Dekhne