https://jonathanstalling.com/ Poetry, translation, and projects in progress en Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:35:19 GMT https://jonathanstalling.com/seven-translation-drills-for-monolingual-poets/ https://jonathanstalling.com/seven-translation-drills-for-monolingual-poets/ You do not need a second language to use translation as a generative engine. These seven exercises — built for MFA seminars, library writing groups, and one person at a kitchen table — turn a poem you can't read into raw material for poems you can write. Jonathan Stalling Workshop Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:23:36 GMT https://jonathanstalling.com/two-drafts-same-silence-chinese-poetry-beside-machine/ https://jonathanstalling.com/two-drafts-same-silence-chinese-poetry-beside-machine/ I fed a four-line Tang poem into three translation engines and then spent a week making my own version. The machines were never wrong, exactly — they were just deaf in places I've learned to listen. A craft note on what fluency still costs, and what readers of translated poetry should put their ear to now. Jonathan Stalling Essays Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:23:36 GMT