Jennifer Lindsay

London, July 1826: Lady Sophia Raffles is left widowed and in debt after the sudden death of her husband, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, later remembered as the ‘founder of Singapore’. Determined to restore his name after he is cleared of the East India Company’s charges, Sophia takes on the formidable challenge of compiling an account of his life. Her Memoir of the Life and Public Service of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles is published to critical acclaim in 1830. Accomplished at enormous personal and financial cost, at a time when women did not write memoirs, it is a remarkable feat. It becomes the single most important source for all later accounts of her husband, saving him from obscurity and shaping his legacy. But Sophia must also confront shadowy truths behind the glory she feels bound to uphold, and face doubts about the marriage she thought she knew. Set against vivid impressions of Sumatra, Java, Penang and Singapore, her journey spans the transformation from grief-stricken widow to powerful arbiter of history.

Between Tongues takes the subject of performance translation in a completely new direction. While the topic is often discussed in relation to the translation of dramatic texts, such as ""Shakespeare in Malay"", the authors in this collection examine presentations of traditional and contemporary works in Asia in their original languages before audiences who do not share that language. They also discuss translation as a phenomenon inherent to much performance in Asia, particularly in multilingual settings. Combining academic essays and the voices of practitioners in India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, the book provides new insights into the translation process of interest to scholars of translation studies and performance studies. It also offers valuable information to people involved in organising events, directors and producers working in multinational and multicultural environments.