BWLET.net in its national context
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This project will be an important contribution for a number of reasons:
With the creation of
the National Assembly for Wales the biculturalism of Wales has become a
matter of urgent practical, as well as ideological,
interest;
The continuing settlement in Wales of non-Welsh-speaking newcomers
has again highlighted the urgent need for a wide variety of cross-cultural
initiatives;
Several leading Welsh language writers have come to
acknowledge the ways in which translation of their work into English may
be of service not only to them as creative artists but to the Welsh
language culture to which they remain committed;
There is a very active concern to recognize a new, multicultural Britain;
Anglophone culture worldwide has begun to shown an interest in Welsh language literature – witness the inclusion of materials in anthologies edited by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes, and by Robert Crawford;
Translation Studies is a development of academic interest, and yet the absence of a “map” of Welsh-English translation means that this, one of the richest fields in the British context, is never examined.