my copy of @yilinwriter's poetry translations, "the lantern and the night moths," has finally arrived!! ☺️

i'm very excited (especially to be able to read more qiu jin). ✨

tags: #book #poetry #YilinWang #TranslatedPoetry #TheLanternAndTheNightMoths #ChinesePoetry #FeiMing #QiuJin #ZhangQiaohui #XiaoXi #DaiWangshu

B.C. translator reaches settlement with British Museum over unauthorized work

Vancouver-based Yilin Wang says the museum has agreed to compensate her for translations that are part of an ongoing exhibit dubbed "China's hidden century."

Global News
Translator Calls Out British Museum’s “Erasure” of Her Work

Yilin Wang, whose translations of Chinese poems were used without permission, claims the museum mishandled the issue and has not properly compensated her.

Hyperallergic

A Writer (@yilinwriter) Is Calling Out the British Museum for Using Her Translations of Chinese Poetry in an Exhibition Without Permission

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-used-translation-without-permission-2324957

#YilinWang #QiuJin #StolenByTheBritishMuseum #Poetry #ChinesePoetry #BritishMuseum

A Writer Is Calling Out the British Museum for Using Her Translations of Chinese Poetry in an Exhibition Without Permission | Artnet News

The British Museum removed two poems by early-20th-century feminist poet Qiu Jin because it didn't have permission from translator Yilin Wang

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