How can I find an English → Aramaic translator?
February 28, 2020 8:11 AM Subscribe
My fiancée and I are writing our own ketubah text and would like to hire a translator to express about 350 English words in the dialect of Aramaic in which traditional ketubot are written.
Ideally we'd get a high-quality translation that captures the nuances of our text, which echoes the feminist parts of the traditional one and then veers off in a social-justice--focused way. We are willing to pay accordingly.
After trawling through a lot of SEO spam, I found http://aramaicdesigns.rogueleaf.com/, but he isn't taking new custom work of this kind at the moment.
Ideally we'd get a high-quality translation that captures the nuances of our text, which echoes the feminist parts of the traditional one and then veers off in a social-justice--focused way. We are willing to pay accordingly.
After trawling through a lot of SEO spam, I found http://aramaicdesigns.rogueleaf.com/, but he isn't taking new custom work of this kind at the moment.
Have you explored university graduate programs? I imagine a PhD student would be a great fit for this,. A university near me posts their grad students, another I found searching "Aramaic PhD" does so as well. I imagine many do the same. Sending relevant students an email -- you found them through google, you're looking for an Aramaic translation -- would probably get you a good answer; PhD students generally love a straightforward side gig.
posted by quadrilaterals at 10:24 AM on February 28, 2020
posted by quadrilaterals at 10:24 AM on February 28, 2020
I have not heard back from the translator. If I do, I will post.
In the mean time, I'll second quadrilateral's suggestion. My translator attended Harvard Divinity School.
posted by Winnie the Proust at 6:33 AM on February 29, 2020
In the mean time, I'll second quadrilateral's suggestion. My translator attended Harvard Divinity School.
posted by Winnie the Proust at 6:33 AM on February 29, 2020
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posted by Winnie the Proust at 9:06 AM on February 28, 2020