Experiencing art in its original form is more than just a matter of translation — it’s a deep dive into history, an exploration of culture, a study of humanity. It would be impossible for me to truly ...

In Japan, art serves many purposes—to express vision, reflect culture, understand the natural world. It is not, at least traditionally, a vehicle for exuberant emotion and self-realization.

The project takes aitys, Kazakhstan’s ancient musical-poetic duel, and situates it within a cramped urban apartment, ...

I think that is the case with Matthew Rankin's (The Twentieth Century) new film Universal Language which is tangentially ...

Lost in translation: 4 perfect words that have no English equivalent The Merriam-Webster Dictionary set out recently to document some of these words on Twitter, and was flooded with responses from ...

Lost (and gained) in translation: why subtitles in movies matter After uncovering a controversy in the captions of Russians at War, Rachel Ho digs into the art of translation.

Sofia Coppola’s seminal film “Lost In Translation” (2003) begins with a 33-second shot of Scarlett Johansson’s butt. And it is an iconic image—pulled directly from contemporary art.