Translating “My Japanese Fan” and “Eletelephony” by Laura E. Richards into Italian

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• This text explores the challenges and strategies involved in translating Laura E. Richards’s unconventional and playful poetry into Italian
• focusing on two of her works: “Eletelephony” and “My Japanese Fan.” Richards’s poetry is known for its whimsical wordplay
• rhyme
• and rhythm
• which pose significant challenges for Italian translation due to the inherent differences between English and Italian
• particularly the latter’s longer word structure and different rhyme schemes.