Vincent Kling examines the surprising, negative reception that Marianne Moore's translation of La Fontaine's «Fables», to ask, more generally, how to fairly appraise a work of literary translation.
“Not Sacrifice the Ease of the French”
Introduction to the Translator’s Preface to «Worlds Built to Fall Apart»
Erik Beranek discusses translation issues in this introduction to his translator's preface to David Lapoujade's «Worlds Built to Fall Apart».
Epic Translation in Early Modern India
In this second installment of the Translation History in Global Perspective series, Audrey Truschke discusses the Mughal Empire's project of translating Sanskrit texts into Persian.
Introducing the Translation History in Global Perspective Series
Claire Gilbert introduces us to Hopscotch Translation's new Translation History in Global Perspective series, which presents ongoing research into the history of translation.
Translating Makenzy Orcel’s The Immortals
Nathan H. Dize remembers how he first encountered Makenzy Orcel’s novel «Les Immortelles» and reflects on the ethical stakes of translating such a tale from contemporary Haiti.
Privilege, Authority, and the Authorial Self
Stiliana Milkova Rousseva casts a critical eye on Jhumpa Lahiri’s self-translations from Italian, focusing in particular on the recently published collection of «Roman Stories».
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