Abstract
In her evocative account of her experiences as new a Polish immigrant learning English as a second language, in her book Lost in Translation Eva Hoffman (1989, p.106) wrote:
Every day I learn new words, new expressions…. There are some turns of phrase to which I develop strange allergies. “You’re welcome” for example, strikes as a gaucherie, and I can hardly bring myself to say it – I suppose because it implies that there’s something to be thanked for, which in Polish would be impolite…. The words I learn now don’t stand for things in the same unquestioned way they did in my native tongue…
Although written in the context of learning English as a second language, Hoffman’s words metaphorically evoke the title of this chapter. The emotions that transpire from her account speak to the strong sense of vulnerability and emotional burden that recent work has revealed about the work of mentors in the Israeli educational system.
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Orland-Barak, L. (2010). Lost in Translation: Mentors Learning to Participate in Competing Discourses of Practice. In: Kwo, O. (eds) Teachers as Learners. CERC Studies in Comparative Education, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9676-0_9
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