Mina Raminsabet is the Farzaneh Family Lecturer of Persian Language and Literature at the University of Oklahoma. She holds a PhD in Persian language and literature from the University of Tehran. Her teaching and research focus on Persian poetry, mystical literature, and textual criticism. She has published widely in the field, including articles and translations, and also serves as a contributing editor for World Literature Today.
Friedrich Schleiermacher, in his 1813 lecture On the Different Methods of Translating, famously proposed that translators face two paths: to “leave the author in peace and move the reader tow…