Teresa Villa-Ignacio lays out the grounds on which she aspires to be an activist translator, while elucidating the social and literary conditions that make that work possible.
Why I Am an Activist Translator
Translating «The Plague» and the Sky
Heather Green and Laura Marris discuss Marris’ retranslation of Albert Camus’ «The Plague», as well as «States of Plague» , a new volume of essays, co-authored with Alice Kaplan.
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».
Zabor, or the Crisis of Language
Emma Ramadan takes her recent translation of Kamel Daoud’s novel «Zabor, or the Psalms» as a starting point to reflect on her own identity and “in-betweenness” as a translator.
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