Translation as a Means of Cultural Identification and Cross-Cultural Communication

The argument that this project presents is a moral one: that wide, indiscriminate translation of foreign language (specifically Spanish) literature in the United States would provide a wide array of both educational and cultural benefits. It consists of three parts. The first explores translation theory, poetry translation, and translator ability; the second discusses cultural importance of language, literature, and translations, as well as the benefits presented by translation; the third is a practical exercise in translation that uses and demonstrates the claims of the previous two parts.