In this second part of the interview, Chris Clarke and Michael Kandel hone in on some of the biggest challenges Kandel faced when translating Stanislaw Lem, especially his humor and wordplay. (Part 2 of 2)
Carolina Iribarren and Jhumpa Lahiri discuss Lahiri’s «Translating Myself & Others» and examine the intimacy, responsibility, and politics that infuse the art of translation.
Translator and Hopscotch editor Chris Clarke interviews Michael Kandel, retired editor, author, and longtime translator of Polish science fiction master Stanislaw Lem. Part 1 of 2.
Margaret Mitsutani reflects on her many translations of Yoko Tawada’s Japanese works and on the need to trust your (important, but not infallible) ears while translating.
May Huang explores various ways in which translation practice can be bound up with feelings of guilt that affect the translator’s relationship to their languages and home(s).
Lise Kildegaard speaks with Daniel Rabuzzi about her friendship and collaboration with the Danish author Louis Jensen, whose «Square Stories» she has translated into English.
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