The troupe had their performances translated into French, German, and so on, so that the audience could understand and appreciate the shows.
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/10/23
By: Teng Pei-ju, Taiwan News, Staff Reporter
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – After SamadhiTang Creative Puppet Troupe gained initial
(Photo courtesy of SamadhiTang)
attention through their debit exhibition in Chiayi’s Koji Pottery Museum in 2011, they began receiving invitations from the Tourism Bureau to hold exhibitions and performances overseas as a way to promote Taiwanese culture.
However, they realized in order to successfully promote Taiwanese glove puppetry, languages are of utmost importance.
That is why the troupe started to collaborate with the faculty and students of Wenzhou Ursuline University (WUU).
Professors at the Department of Foreign Languages helped translate stories and the names of characters into such languages as English, French, and German, while students joined forces with the troupe on tour as voice-overs. [FULL STORY]