Highlight Talk – The Sound of a Rhinoceros: On Translating Robert Burns Into Spanish

Highlight Talk – The Sound of a Rhinoceros: On Translating Robert Burns Into Spanish

 Carlos Llazza Corrales, writer, translator, tutor at Glasgow University, in ‘The Sound of a Rhinoceros: On Translating Robert Burns Into Spanish’, talks about his translations of Burns, and discusses the role of literary translation in creating a Scoto-Hispanic literary space.

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Accessible rooms
Blue badge parking
Disabled access
Free Wi-Fi
Parking
Wednesday 21 May 2025
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Free
Robertson Room, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Murdoch's Lone, Alloway KA7 4PQ

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