Translation

He says, I'm going to lay the stones of Jerusalem with puch.

The Ebenezer says, It's a black, precious stone, which Sepharia, and I believe also of Aryeh Kaplan, Translate as carbuncle, okay? And that's what he says.

So the stones will be inlaid with these black diamonds.

And the base is going to be sapir, sapphire.

What does it profit them if they gain the whole world but lose or forfeit themselves? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words, of them the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

The thing is that in the Greek language, Translation, the original Greek that this was written in, there was no pluralness.

There was no plurality to these verses.

It was all put in a very individual state.

This episode is a part of a special collaboration between the New Books Network and the Society for the Anthropology of Europe, a section of the American Anthropological Association.

Together we are highlighting exciting new work in Europeanist anthropology, featuring authors from across the field, including winners of the William Douglas Book Prize and contributors to the European Anthropology in Translation series published by Beckham Books.

In this episode, I'm very happy to be joined by Francesca Spardella, author of Inhabiting Silence and Anthropologists in the Cloister, published by Berkan Books in 2025.

The book was translated from the original Italian and appears as part of Berkan's European Anthropology and Translation series.

Welcome to the NewBooks Network, Francesca.

Hi, good morning, everyone.

A lot of times people...

I mean like most of the time when we meet people they come to promote a comic it's just like you gotta buy before you even know the only thing you hear about is their synopsis and then oh man I can't tell you cause you know but like being able to actually multiple volumes I get to go I read I can check the next one out and I get to see the beauty in the artwork I get to see the story unfold oh I'm sorry can you hear me now or you couldn't hear Translate fame

uh he was saying that you could do better like he he really didn't like any of the work he's just over there

no no

I just want you guys to know that we didn't completely ignore this.

What was Love in Translation? Love in

Translation had Kim Seon-ho and actress whose name I can't remember, and she is working on a show with like a Japanese male actor and he's there as a translator interpreter

yes that's the one that filmed in Canada

yeah I didn't know that

This episode is a part of a special collaboration between the New Books Network and the Society for the Anthropology of Europe, a section of the American Anthropological Association.

Together we are highlighting exciting new work in Europeanist anthropology, featuring authors from across the field, including winners of the William Douglas Book Prize and contributors to the European Anthropology in Translation series published by Beckham Books.

In this episode, I'm very happy to be joined by Francesca Spardella, author of Inhabiting Silence and Anthropologists in the Cloister, published by Berkan Books in 2025.

The book was translated from the original Italian and appears as part of Berkan's European Anthropology and Translation series.

Welcome to the NewBooks Network, Francesca.

Hi, good morning, everyone.