Our family has been asked to help translate our grandmother's wartime diaries for a historical archive, but my brother wants to clean up her harsh comments about certain ethnic groups while my sister and I think we should translate everything faithfully even if it's uncomfortable. We're all struggling with how to honor her memory while being honest about the complexity of her views, and the archive is waiting for our decision.
More people experience this than they realize.
A family must reconcile competing loyalties between historical accuracy and protective love when cultural transmission involves uncomfortable truths.
“Where Are You with Translation and the movement of ideas between cultures?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.