On Jan. 29, students across the 5Cs came together to celebrate the Lunar New Year and ring in the Year of the Snake. Lunar New Year is also commonly known as Spring Festival or Chinese New Year and marks the start of the new year on the lunisolar calendar.
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Lost in Translation: Wolf hats and word fumbles
Columnist Claire Welch SC ’27 has been giving weekly Chinese language lessons to a class of 34 curious kids. But, facing blank stares, Welch has started to wonder what she’s really teaching—and what she’s learning. Reflecting on her own journey from Nepal to California, Welch discovers that confusion and curiosity might just be a pathway to a new “vision of life.”
Lost in Translation: Embracing the violence of translation
Reflecting on the texts we’ve read in translation at the 5Cs, columnist Claire Welch SC ’27 explores the imperfect nature of literary translation and how it relates to learning new languages.
Mid-autumn festival lights up the 5Cs
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a cherished tradition commemorating harvest in many Asian cultures. Held annually on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival fell on Tuesday, Sept. 17 of the Gregorian calendar this year. Students across the 5Cs gathered to celebrate, participating in
Lost in Translation: Why learn a new language at all?
Columnist Claire Welch SC ‘27, a Chinese and Italian Foreign Languages major, writes about linguistic exile, Italian movies and making connections across language barriers.
The Year of the Dragon: Across Claremont, students wrap dumplings, explore themed exhibits, and come together to celebrate the Lunar New Year
The Claremont community came together during Lunar New Year season to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Dragon. Some 5C events, exhibitions, and excursions that took place over the weekend of Feb. 9-11 included the CSSA (Chinese Students and Scholars Association) spring festival, language resident Manxi Wang’s dumpling making and Scripps’ Clark Humanities Museum “Year of the Dragon” reception.
Here’s how to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival this weekend
The Mid-Autumn festival is traditionally a time meant to spend with family; however, the absence of familial ties in college has driven clubs and organizations to fill the gap by hosting events for students to gather together and celebrate the holiday. The Mid-Autumn festival is celebrated throughout Asia, and different