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Lidia Vianu - Director of CTITC (CENTRE FOR THE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY TEXT), Bucharest University, Professor of Contemporary British Literature at the English Department of Bucharest University, Member of the Writers’ Union, Romania.

 

 
 
 
 
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CTITC

CENTRE FOR THE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY TEXT
CENTRUL PENTRU TRADUCEREA SI INTERPRETAREA TEXTULUI CONTEMPORAN

 

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 TRANSLATION CAFÉ 


 

MTTLC
MA Programme for the

TRANSLATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY LITERARY TEXT

Review of Contemporary Texts in Translation and E-Learning

 

 

 

HILARY ELFICK

The valve

 

One disconnected eye fixed in the stone.
How red can look so cold! My brother cut
this one into the wall. It’s vandal-free
he saw to that, but water’s hard to hold:

see how the seep of rust has stained the granite.
A lot of what he does you cannot see –
Those miles of pipes behind, the strength
that clamps you in his stillness. The quietness

in his voice. ‘When hell breaks loose there must
be just one man who stays in charge.


And I have seen him move deftly, bark out
with practised economy amid the choking smoke,

go in with goggles, taut, the heavy hose
pythoning his shoulders, to lead the men to find
the deadly breath that feeds the flame and
look the fire right there in the eye;

I’ve heard him clamp and twist the steel butt
on the nozzle, and press the clip and test it
before he turns his head and nods and then
the hose takes life and ripples, stiffens,

would knock you off your feet until
the jet roars out ignoring smut and crackle,
homing in to the cold throat of that old enemy
until he cannot breathe and, hissing, dies.

To hold the force behind the valve you need
that kind of planning. You need that single
point of contact. You need that granite kind
of power that holds the steel inside the stone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roxana-Monica Mîndrican

 

Hilary Elfick
 

Valva

O privire pierduta tintuita in piatra.
Cum poate fi rosul atat de rece ! Fratele meu
A sapat asta in zid. Un zid ce n-a mai fost vandalizat.
a vazut, dar e greu sa te lupti cu apa

priveste cum fisura de rugina pateaza granitul.
Munca lui iti e aproape necunoscuta-
Metri intregi de tevi in spate, forta
ce te imobilizeaza in neclintirea-i.

linistea din glasul sau. » cand iadul se dezlantuie
un singur om il poate domoli.
»*

l-am vazut miscandu-se dibaci, strigand
cumpatat datorita experientei
, prin fumul inabusitor,

intrand si privind prin ochelarii de protectie, incordat, furtunul greu
incolacindui-se pe umeri, conducandu-si oamenii
sa gaseasca respiratia fatala ce starneste valvataia
si sa priveasca focul in ochi ;

l-am auzit fixand si invartind balamaua de otel
in varf, presand valva si testand-o
inainte de a intoarce capul sa incuviinteze ;
apoi furtunul susura si se-ntareste,

te-ar darama pana ce jetul
izbucneste peste vapaie si trosneste,
napustindu-se la gatul rece al acestui vechi dusman
pana ce, pierzandu-si suflul, suiera si se stinge.

Ca sa stapanesti forta din spatele valvei
ai nevoie de pricepere ; de acel unic
punct de contact ; de acea putere de granit
capabila sa tintuasca otelul in piatra.

 

*»iadul se dezlantuie » was my choice for « hell breaks loose », becasue the word « dezlantuie »(to unleash, to burst) has enough strength to be associated with the word « iad »(hell) and to expresss this imminent disaster which a single man can stop. On the other hand the verb «se dezlantuie » associated with the verb « domoli » (to tame- in the source text the author uses « stays in charge ») creates the image of two antagonistic entities which are enaged in a sort of life and dead battle.

 

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