Insightful, heartening read by Mia You on (non) native English, (poetry) translation, and who owns language:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/1659311/poets-on-translation-the-alternative-speaker
"The English of possibility. The English in the imagination. The English reclaimed and reinvented by the (neo-)colonized speaker. You find a way to stretch the language to fit you and your stray prepositions."
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