![]() ![]() Linguist and Columbia University professor John McWhorter disagrees. Neither translator was accused of doing a poor job, but recent controversy over who should translate the poem began when a Black Dutch style writer argued a translator who isn’t a Black female spoken word artist like Gorman shouldn’t translate her work. Gorman approved both white Dutch nonbinary writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld and Catalan translator Victor Obiols to translate the poem. ![]() But now, one translator dropped out and another was let go after mounting criticism. 20.īy one count, the poem has now been translated into 17 languages, all of the translators approved by Gorman herself. Millions of Americans heard 23-year-old Amanda Gorman recite her moving poem " The Hill We Climb" at President Biden's inauguration on Jan. Facebook Email American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. ![]()
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