Recovering repressed memories from Scotland’s formative period

 

Article available at: http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2021/05/28/recovering-repressed-memories-from-scotlands-formative-period/

Exposing Esperanto's hidden politics in the Zamenhof-era; and drawing lessons for Esperantists in the here and now

Also published at https://ikso.net/exposing-esperantos-hidden-politics-in-the-zamenhof-era-and-drawing-lessons-for-esperantists-in-the-here-and-now/

 

 I recently spent several days attending to the English version of a biographical website about Ludocik Lejzer Zamenhof (Zamenhof.info). This started out quite simply as proofreading the original English translation, and making a few stylistic changes here and there. But as I worked my way through the site I found myself increasingly referring back to the original Esperanto, trying to make a better translation, and even adding completely new information.