Lara Vergnaud contemplates the ifs and whens of preserving cultural markers with examples drawn from her recent translations of Joy Sorman, Yamen Manai, and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr.
A bowl is a bowl is a cup
Thoughts on the Translation of «Via Gemito» by Domenico Starnone
Oonagh Stransky pulls back the curtain on the determinative translational choices she made when bringing Domenico Starnone’s novel «Via Gemito» into English from the Italian.
On the Point of Becoming
On the occasion of their second Duras co-translation, Olivia Baes and Emma Ramadan reflect on «The Easy Life», Duras’s ongoing influence, and their evolving co-translation relationship.
Byways of Translation
Munawwar Abdulla reviews the cotranslation by Darren Byler and an anonymous ally of Perhat Tursun’s «The Backstreets», the first Uyghur novel to appear in English translation.
Review of Can Xue’s «Mystery Train»
Kenny Yim admires the artfulness of Can Xue’s novel «Mystery Train» as translated by Natascha Bruce, and reflects on the ways in which a translation becomes uncannily familiar.
The Hyper-real magical realism of «Cursed Bunny»
Yoojung Chun delights in the gruesome details and barbed social critique of «Cursed Bunny», Anton Hur’s acclaimed translation of the Korean short story collection by Bora Chung.
