The artist Marek Zulawski, translation & Polish-British culture

Hi,

Firstly, I apologise for being absent - I was supposed to send the last newsletter on June 19th, but it somehow completely slipped my mind. I think it might be because I'm generally doing a lot of translation at the moment, so my brain might have needed a break.

In keeping with that mental break, instead of translating anything today, I'm just going to post some interesting links for you. I hope you enjoy them.

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The Polish presidency, according to AI

Here's an AI interpretation of the recent Polish presidential election. It is a remarkable 10 minutes that will inform anybody who wasn't paying attention that the election was a bit like both Lord of the Rings and Star Wars.

Tip: You can get YouTube to auto-create serviceable English subtitles.

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Poland at the London Design Biennale

Had I posted two weeks ago, I'd meant to highlight the London Design Biennale. The LDB was on for most of June at Somerset House. This year, the Polish Pavilion got a lot of media attention and even some awards. It was all about carving wood to show the passage of time.

Here's a text interview with the people behind it, and here's a video interview showing you around the pavilion itself.

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A new Polish-British website

The London-based Polish-language weekly newspaper Tydzien Polski recently announced its new website at MyPolska.UK. It should be dual-language, but I can't get the English button in the corner to do anything, unfortunately.

However, among the articles on the new site is an interview with superstar translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones about her new book The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. 

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That's all for this week. Many thanks for reading. If you want to support the newsletter, please forward it to a friend or donate here.

Adam

Adam Zulawski

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