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TRANSLATIONS IN KHMER |
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The Documentation Center of Cambodia translates books from English
into Khmer (Edited by Youk Chhang); we do not translate from Khmer into other languages.
Please also note that DC-Cam does not fund the translation or
publication of books. The authors are responsible for this, or for
locating funding for both purposes
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First They Killed My Father:
A Daughter of
Cambodia Remembers
Loung Ung
Translated by Norng Lina
2002
PDF
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this book, Loung Ung tells the story of her life under the Khmer
Rouge. When she was five years old, she and her family were
forced to leave their comfortable life in
Phnom Penh
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Khmer Rouge took control of the country. Ms. Ung was trained
as a
child soldier, while her other siblings were sent to labor
camps.
After the regime fell, she and her surviving siblings slowly reunited.
Funding provided by the author.
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
Translated by Ser Sayana
2002
PDF
First published in 1947, millions of people have read the diary of
13-year old Anne Frank. She and other members of her family hid
in the back of an
Amsterdam warehouse for two
years in an attempt to escape detection by the Nazis. Anne Frank
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Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945, three monthbefore her 16th birthday.
Funding
provided by the Government of the Netherlands, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Voices from S-21:
Terror and History in Pol Pot’s Secret Prison
David Chandler
Translated by Sour Bonsou
2003
PDF
Historian
Chandler
examines the Khmer Rouge regime through S-21, a secret prison in Phnom
Penh where over 14,000 people died and less than a dozen survived.
Using archival materials and
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interviews with survivors, he traces the culture of obedience
and its attendant dehumanization, which made it easier for the Khmer
Rouge to torture and kill their “enemies.”
Funding provided by US Agency for International Development, the
Government of the Netherlands, and the Government of Sweden.
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Lucky Child
Loung Ung
Translated by Phat Rachana
2004
PDF
Cambodian-American Ung’s memoir describes her life in America and
contrasts it with that of her sister, who remained in Cambodia after
the Khmer Rouge regime fell.
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Histoire du Cambodge
Depuis Le 1er Sičcle
de Notre
Čre
Adhemard Leclčre
Translted by Tep Meng Kheang
2005
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When the War Was Over:
Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
Elizabeth Becker
Translated by Sokha Irene
2005
PDF
Reporter Becker, who covered Cambodia for the Washington Post,
examines the historical patterns of violence and authority in
Cambodia that allowed the Khmer Rouge to ascend to power and
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made
the genocide possible. She also examines the roles of the
United States
and other members of the United Nations in
betraying Cambodia. The book is based on the author’s personal
experiences and interviews with Cambodian leaders and ordinary
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Funding provided by US Agency for International Development
(USAID), the
Government of Sweden and the US Embassy in Phnom Penh.
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Journey to
Freedom
Ronnie Yimsut
Translated by Eng Kok-Thay
2006
PDF
In this memoir, Cambodian-American Yimsut recalls his experiences
as a 15-year old boy who survived five years of civil war, three years
in a labor camp, Thai prison, and refugee camps before becoming a naturalized
US citizen.
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Funding provided by NZAID (New Zealand) and the author. |
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Brother Enemy
Nayan Chanda
Translated by Tep Meng Khean
2007
PDF
This book by the bureau chief for the Far Eastern Economic
Review examines the third Indochina War and offers an explanation
for the Cambodian genocide. Chanda posits that the Khmer Rouge built
their revolution at breakneck speed to prepare for a life-and-
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death struggle against the Vietnamese, and the means they used
to do this was ideological “purification.”
Funding provided by the Government of Sweden and US Agency for
International Development.
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The
Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Coming
up)
John
D. Ciorciari
Translated by Dy Khamboly
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Getting Away with Genocide (Coming up)
Helen Javis and Tom Fawthrop
Translated by Chy Terith
PDF |
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Vanished:
Stories from Cambodia’s New People under
Democratic Kampuchea
Pivoine
Beang and Wynne Cougill
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