1.0stadtsprachenhttps://stadtsprachen.de/deJoey Bahlsenhttps://stadtsprachen.de/de/author/joey/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1t7mKhsf47"><a href="https://stadtsprachen.de/de/text/head-ropes-a-life-in-translation/">Head Ropes: A Life in Translation</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://stadtsprachen.de/de/text/head-ropes-a-life-in-translation/embed/#?secret=1t7mKhsf47" width="600" height="338" title="„Head Ropes: A Life in Translation“ – stadtsprachen" data-secret="1t7mKhsf47" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://stadtsprachen.de/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://stadtsprachen.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/textheldengrafik_grey-e1619013631881.jpg1232917Andes, New York, 2021 / Vienna, 1921. I translated the tattered letter for Aunt Sharon out loud by the fireside. The agent from the Vienna office of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was confirming the details of my great-grandmother Irma’s reservation. To emigrate from the hyphen of the disintegrating Austro-Hungarian Empire to the United […]