Dan Eltringham offers this rich translator’s note to accompany his English-language versions of early work by Ana María Rodas for a forthcoming transatlantic poetry anthology.
Translating the Erotic Left
The Weight of Meaning
Whitni Battle confronts the practical and ethical challenges facing the literary translator, in an essay written in the throes of her own translation of Kelly Martínez-Grandal.
Music, Math, Religion, and Naming
On the topographical rhythms of prose, and historical decisions for transliteration: Chris Clarke reflects on his translation of Algerian author Ryad Girod’s novel «Mansour’s Eyes».
Bread Loaf Missives
Kotryna Garanasvili and Michelle Mirabella engage in a deeply reflective correspondence in the second installment of their look back at the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference.
A Taste of Bread Loaf
Kotryna Garanasvili and Michelle Mirabella offer an initial taste of the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference, giving some background to their first experience there this year.
“Lightness moved things”
John Taylor reflects on what he has gleaned (and what his own writing has gained) from the poetry of Lorenzo Calogero in the ten years since he first began translating his work.
