Dictator

A radical reimagining of the Epic of Gilgamesh in Globish.Dictator recreates Gilgamesh using the 1,500-word vocabulary of Globish, a business language appropriate for translating cuneiform. Philip Terry's experimental poetry explores the limitations and possibilities of translation, offering a modern interpretation of an ancient text.

Nerrière considered Globish the world dialect of the third millennium; likewise, Akkadian, the language of Gilgamesh, was the lingua franca of communications ...