September 20, 2006

1981 Play Called “Translations�?

The impact of language translation can be seen in past history as well as today.

““Translations” was the first play produced by Field Day Theater Company. It is set in a rural, Irish-speaking community in County Donegal in 1833. Into this world arrives a corps of Royal Engineers to conduct an Ordnance Survey of Ireland, which would map the country and ‘standardize', or rather, anglicize, the place-names.

Captain Lancey and Lieutenant Yolland are being assisted by Owen, son of the local hedge-school master, Hugh O'Donnell. The romantic Lieutenant Yolland is enchanted by the Irish names and culture and Maire (Owen's brother, Manus' fiancee) and Yolland fall in love. Yolland disappears, and as a punishment, Captain Lancey threatens to destroy several places in the County. Ironically, the names of these are read in English and Owen must translate them back into the Irish for the sake of the locals.”

Excerpt from: "The Biography of Brian Friel" by Shirin Keen

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