English Original
parrots squabble
in my peripheral vision
a Trump fan
and a Trump foe
air-quoting each other
Pratima Annapurna
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
在視野的邊緣
我看到一群鸚鵡在吵架
川普的粉絲
和他的寇仇
用手互相比劃彼此的批評
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
在视野的边缘
我看到一群鹦鹉在吵架
川普的粉丝
和他的寇仇
试图互相比划彼此的批评
Bio Sketch
Pratima Annapurna is a daughter, wife and mother and friend who tries to make time for writing and visual art. She wants to quote her friend SriVidya here, because friendships are part of her identity: I am a housewife and many other little things.
With a pivotal line, "in my peripheral vision," Pratima successfully establishes an implicit simile between squabbling parrots and Trump fan and for air-quoting each other, and "peripheral vision" in L2 works well on two levels, literal and symbolic.
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