Bordertown, No. 3: Sipyeon

Bordertown, No. 3: Sipyeon is the third issue of TransCollaborate’s annual collection of collaborative translations. It was completed in 2019, and features translations facilitated by TransCollaborate as well as translations and short fiction submitted by our members. Read literature translated from the original Chinese, Korean and Romanian, as well as parallel poetry in English and Cypriot. The publication of Sipyeon was funded in part by the City of Melbourne Community Grant

Sipyeon Cover

Table of contents

Introduction, by Louise Bernasochi and Basil Cahusac de Caux

  1. Red Cliff (Ci), by Su Dong Po
  2. Transcollaboration, by Koraly Dimitriadis
  3. Volcano, by Koraly Dimitriadis
  4. Tattoos – art or punishment, by May O’Kane
  5. Diary of a Girl Who Likes Soup, by Cosmin Perta
  6. Unfriend, by Diana Badica
  7. The process of collaboration between translator and author, by Cristina Savin
  8. Timp Reconfigurat/Resetting the Time, by Vasile Baghiu
  9. Umbra Lui Monet La Etretat/Monet’s Ghost at Etretat, by Vasile Baghiu
  10. Imprieteniti cu lumea/Making friends with people, by Vasile Baghiu
  11. The Crying Teacher, by Joong Ae So
  12. Who is she?, by Koraly Dimitriadis
  13. Untitled (Ci), by Su Dong Po

Also included are original illustrations by Jaime Dorner, May O’Kane and @one.thwing.

Copies of Bordertown are available free to TransCollaborate Members. You can join as a member here.