Translations 2010: Cross-cultural Awareness Through Poetry

Funding
Mellon Innovation Fund Committee
Bates Imaging Center
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
Language Departments of Bates College

Faculty
Claudia Aburto Guzmán: Spanish poet translator and class host. Grant writer, International poetry festival organizer.  Member of web design team, video editor, E-book co-editor.
Laura Balladur: French poet translator.  Poet Introduction.  Class host. Student translation thesis supervisor.
Raluca Cernahoschi: German poet translator and class host.  Organizer of German visit.  Poet Introduction.  
Jane Costlow: Russian poet introduction.  Russian and French poets class host.  Russian poet host.
Elizabeth Eames: Somali poet introduction.  Editor and Somali class host.  
Xin Fan: Chinese poet host.
Robert Farnsworth: Festival closing comments.  Incorporated translations to creative writing course.  
Alma Kuhleman: Spanish poet class host.
Marina Loginova: Russian poet class host.
Francisca López:  Chilean poet introduction.  Chilean poet’s class host and translation course design.
Meghan Murphy-Lee: Russian poet class host.
Matthew Pettway: Spanish poet introduction.  
Jill Reich: Dean of the faculty, opening comments.  Closing dinner host.
Mary Rice DeFosse: Franco American poet introduction and class host.
Shuhui Yang: Chinese poet introduction and host.  Chinese students’ translation advisor.

Staff
Ellen Anderson: Web master, and member of web design team.
William Ash: Art-poster designer, art photography, member of web design team, e-book co-editor
Kristen Carey: Recording logistics and training of Jeannette Mariscal (festival projections).
Sue Dionne: accountant
Georgette Dumais: Accommodations, transportation, and catering logistics.  Translation booklet designer.
Paul Dumais: Poster printer and translation booklet facilitator.
Mathieu Duvall: World map travel and point of origin designer.  Pedagogical innovator. Member of web design team.
Laurie Henderson: Translation booklet facilitator.
Douglas Hubley: Media relations
Collin Kelley: Video editor educator.  
Dot Letourneau: Visa information
Monica McCusker: Bookstore display, poets’ books sales
Kerry O’Brien: Visa information

Language Departments TAs: tour guides and hosts
Natalia Kudinova:  Russian
Jocelyn Monnier: French
María Pallarol: Spanish
Alice Schlegel: German
Zheng Zhao: Chinese

Students:
Matt Baker-White: Classroom activity photographer.
Kirsten Gill: Susann Pelletier’s poetry translator into French.
Jenna Ligore: Classroom activity photographer.
Jeannette Mariscal: Festival nights’ projection manager, and power point manager.
Kate Maxwell: Classroom activity photographer.
Albert Shi and Guoqing Sun: Chinese poet translators.

Spanish Introduction to Translation Course: Chilean poet translators:
Alexandria Alberto
Caroline Barr
Devin Dilts
Limor Finkel
Tracy Glazier
Sarah Koatz
Elana Leopold
Meredith Less
Billy Manchuck
Tyler Mehegan
Dan Naparstek
Emma Posner
Phoebe Reed
Violet Shneider
Alex Streim
Evan Tierney
Andy Wood