This talk challenges conventional boundaries of translation by examining four cases

where translating transcends mere linguistic transfer to become an act of creation,

resistance, or cultural reinvention. Through four case studies—a First Nations theatrical

adaptation of Shakespeare, the ethnopoetic translation of Navajo songs, a musical

cover as temporal reinterpretation, and the transcontinental Hindi translation of an Inuit

novel—I reframe translation as an act of identity negotiation rather than a neutral

transfer. Far from being exceptions, these examples reveal what is too often

overlooked: translation can be a tool for exploring alterity. The talk thus invites us to

expand our understanding of what it means to translate.

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