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En su poema "Para T.S. Eliot,"
Natalia Toledo nos dice,

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"Tal vez soy la última
rama que hablará zapoteco.

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Mis hijos tendrán
que silbar su idioma

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Y serán aves sin casa en
la jungla del olvido."

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Clare Sullivan translates--

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"Perhaps I am the final
branch who will speak zapotec.

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My children, homeless
birds in the jungle

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of forgetfulness,

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Will have to whistle
their language."

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Natalia Toledo y Clare Sullivan
son poetas y traductoras que

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están luchando para que el
idioma zapoteco pueda salir de

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esta jungla del olvido.

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Natalia Toledo and
Clare Sullivan are poets

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and translators who are fighting
so that the endangered Zapotec

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language can exit this
jungle of forgetfulness.

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Su libro El Olivo Negro y Otros
Poemas Zapotecos fue finalista

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del Premio Nacional de
Traducción y ganó el Premio

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Nezahualcóyotl, el premio
más prestigioso de literatura

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indígena en México.

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Their book, The Black Flower
and Other Zapotec Poems,

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was short listed for the
National Translation Award

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and won the
Nezahualcóyotl Prize,

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the most prestigious prize for
indigenous language literature

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in Mexico.

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La poesía de Natalia abre una
ventana a imágenes de Oaxaca y

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su gente hermosa,
vibrante, honesta,

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a veces alegre y a
veces devastadora.

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Su poesía no silba, canta.

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Natalia's poetry opens a window
to images of Oaxaca and its

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beautiful people--

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vibrant, honest, sometimes
joyful and sometimes

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devastating.

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Her poetry does not
whistle, it sings.

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En su traducción al español y
en las traducciones de Clare al

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inglés, las 2 consideran con
cuidado cómo traducir aquello

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que no existe
fuera del zapoteco.

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In her translation into spanish
and in Clare's translation

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into English, they both
carefully consider how

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to translate that which does
not exist outside of Zapotec.

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Es una tarea difícil y tenemos
la suerte de poder disfrutar de

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sus frutos esta noche.

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Hoy disfrutaremos de 3 idiomas
y a lo mejor no vamos a entender

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todo.

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Pero espero que aún así permitan
que esta poesía los alegre y

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sorprenda.

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Theirs is a difficult task, and
we are lucky to be able to enjoy

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its fruits tonight.

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Tonight we will enjoy
three languages.

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And even though we might
not understand all of it,

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I hope you will still allow this
poetry to comfort and surprise.

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Natalia Toledo and
Clare Sullivan.

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[APLAUSO]

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