“Poetry is what gets lost in translation.” This quote by Robert Frost is deeply understood by Pudong campus high school Spanish teacher, Josep Capilla. In December 2018, after three years of research into the life, mind, and work of the modern poet Wallace Stevens, Capilla published a translation of 101 of his poems, titled "Estructures en la Boira".The book translates Stevens’ work from English into Catalan, and in doing so, bringing one of America’s best, but lesser known, poets to Catalonia.

“詩乃翻譯中失去的東西?！鄙虾Ｃ绹?guó)學(xué)校浦東校區(qū)高中部西班牙語老師Josep Capilla對(duì)Robert Frost的這句名言深有體會(huì)。2018年12月，在對(duì)現(xiàn)代詩人Wallace Stevens的生活、思想和作品進(jìn)行了長(zhǎng)達(dá)三年的研究之后，Capilla出版了Stevens一百零一首詩的譯本，名為《Estructures en la Boira》。該譯本將Stevens的作品從英語翻譯成加泰羅尼亞語，從而讓加泰羅尼亞人了解到美國(guó)最著名卻鮮為人知的詩人之一。

Wallace Stevens was born in 1879 in Pennsylvania, studied at Harvard University, worked shortly as a journalist in New York City, went to law school, and settled in Connecticut. All his life Stevens produced poetry and published several books, and during the 1930s, would often vacation to the Florida Keys where he crossed paths with the likes of Ernest Hemmingway and Robert Frost.

Wallace Stevens在1879年出生于美國(guó)賓夕法尼亞州，曾在哈佛大學(xué)就讀，在紐約市擔(dān)任了一段時(shí)間的記者后，他考入了法學(xué)院，后在康涅狄格州定居。Stevens一生都在創(chuàng)作詩歌，出版了多部詩集。二十世紀(jì)三十年代，他經(jīng)常前往佛羅里達(dá)群島度假，結(jié)交了Ernest Hemmingway、Robert Frost等文學(xué)巨匠。

Capilla’s process required him to translate not simply words, but ideas, emotions, and sentiments. To accomplish such a monumental task, he painstakingly examined all aspects of Stevens’ life, searching for anything that might help him better understand the poet’s motivations and thought-processes. Even then, recreating the poems was no easy task. Stevens’ rich vocabulary and complex writing style makes his work daunting to even the most seasoned scholars. Capilla’s translation reflects a passion for literature and poetry, a passion he also brings to his teaching at SAS. This summer Capilla plans to visit bookstores throughout Catalonia to discuss his translation, as well as other literature and poetry.

在譯本的創(chuàng)作過程中，Capilla不僅需要翻譯字詞，還要傳達(dá)思想和情感。為了完成這項(xiàng)艱巨的任務(wù)，他對(duì)Stevens生活的方方面面進(jìn)行了潛心研究，尋找有可能幫助他更好地理解Stevens創(chuàng)作動(dòng)機(jī)和思維過程的蛛絲馬跡。即便如此，對(duì)Stevens的詩歌進(jìn)行重新創(chuàng)作也并非易事。Stevens豐富的詞匯和復(fù)雜的寫作風(fēng)格讓最富經(jīng)驗(yàn)的學(xué)者都有些望而生畏。Capilla的翻譯體現(xiàn)了其對(duì)文學(xué)和詩歌的熱愛，他同樣將這種熱愛帶到了上海美國(guó)學(xué)校的教學(xué)中。今年夏天，Capilla計(jì)劃到訪加泰羅尼亞的各個(gè)書店，與讀者一起討論他的譯本以及其他文學(xué)和詩歌作品。

POETRY. EVERY DAY AT SAS.

詩歌。就在上海美國(guó)學(xué)校的每一天。