{"id":440,"date":"2016-12-05T17:46:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T17:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/FLD\/?p=440"},"modified":"2026-04-12T04:49:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:49:05","slug":"fld-continuing-education-series-episode-8-adventures-yohn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/FLD\/2016\/12\/05\/fld-continuing-education-series-episode-8-adventures-yohn\/","title":{"rendered":"FLD Continuing Education Series \u2013 Episode 8: Adventures in Early America – Translating Liancourt’s Travels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ITUNES<\/strong>: You may listen to all of the episodes\u00a0online or subscribe to the podcast\u00a0on iTunes<\/a>. Have an idea for a new podcast episode\u00a0\u00a0that addresses the craft of English > French and French > English\u00a0translation? Contact us<\/a>!<\/p>\n

W\"d_vaugeladecoveropt2_1024x1024\"<\/a>elcome to episode 8<\/strong>\u00a0of the French Language Division’s Continuing Education Series podcast. The main focus of this podcast is the craft of translation (English > French and French > English).\u00a0In this episode, Carolyn Yohn joins Angela Benoit to talk about a book she translated: Comments on the North American Travels of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt: 1794 \u2013 1798<\/em><\/a>. See a copy of the book cover at left. Find out who Liancourt was and learn about his role in documenting early American history. Listen to Carolyn talk about fascinating translation challenges and how she journeyed through a work of historical, political and economic significance.<\/p>\n

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Help get Carolyn\u2019s English translation of this book published! <\/strong>The publisher, Commonwealth Books of Virginia, is looking for an academic, a professor, with a focus on historians, who as ties to a solid university and who has the time to write a foreword for Carolyn\u2019s translation. At time of writing, the foreword is the last missing piece holding up the translation\u2019s publication. If you know someone who might be interested and could make introductions, please contact the FLD at divisionFLD@atanet.org<\/a> or Carolyn at carolyn@untangledtranslations.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>About Carolyn Yohn<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"064_cl_web-small\"<\/a>Carolyn\u00a0Yohn<\/a>\u00a0translates French and Hungarian legal and academic texts into American English under the name\u00a0Untangled Translations<\/a>. In 2015, the Consulate General of France in San Francisco added her to their list of translators officially approved to translate credentials and personal documents. She is a regional ambassador for the Northern California Translators Association and was a featured speaker for the American Translators Association. Her first book-length translation \u2014\u00a0Comments on the North American Travels of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, 1794\u20131798<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 is forthcoming from Commonwealth Books of Virgina. When she’s not clacking away at the keyboard, you can find\u00a0Carolyn\u00a0hiking, swimming, and painting (watercolors). Find her on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>, and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to learn more!<\/p>\n

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