Prismatic Jane Eyre: Student Video

The Prismatic Jane Eyre Schools Project (2021-2022) was an AHRC-funded joint project between the University of Oxford and the Stephen Spender Trust.
The Prismatic Jane Eyre Schools Project drew on translation as an educational tool to explore how Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel has been translated since its publication in 1847 and how its plots and themes can be used as a springboard for new creative works. The project comprised of three core activities: a series of translation workshops; a nation-wide translation competition; and a bank of resources for teachers and pupils.
The Project launched the creative translation competition on 30 September 2021 - International Translation Day. Young people from across the UK were asked to compose a poem in another language inspired by a selected passage from Jane Eyre. The competition accepted submissions in any language, and all entries needed to be accompanied by a literal translation into English.
Some of the competition’s best entries have been included in an anthology. To celebrate the launch of the anthology and International Translation Day 2022, we asked three young writers to read their excellent poems and translations in this video, and tell us a little about their work.
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