Translating Haitian Thought into English: A Work Dependent on Funding

The translator Nadève Ménard gave a lecture at UEH on Thursday. She explained that funding influences the choice of Haitian texts translated into English.

Par Joubert Joseph
23 Oct 2026 — Lecture : 3 min.
Translating Haitian Thought into English: A Work Dependent on Funding

Nadève Ménard, intervenante.
Photo : RUEH

About thirty people attended a keynote lecture titled "Translating Haitian Thought and Creation into English, Why and How?" on Thursday, October 22, at the Rectorate of the State University of Haiti (UEH). The speaker, Nadève Ménard, a professor at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS), was joined by discussant Darline Alexis, the Secretary General of Quisqueya University and a professor at ENS.

The speaker first acknowledged an advantage of translating into English. A Haitian text published in French and then in English circulates more w

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