Translating lives : living with two languages and cultures

Mary Besemeres is a postdoctoral fellow at Curtin University, Australia. She received her doctorate in English literature from the Australian National University. She has taught Russian and Australian literatures at Australian universities

Anna Wierzbicka is Professor of Linguistics at the Australian National University. She is the author of numerous books spanning anthropology, psychology, cognitive science, philosophy, and religious studies, as well as linguistics.