Houssine Dehbi reviews Ros Schwartz’s translation of Khalid Lyahmlahy’s novel «Venice Requiem», focusing in particular on the literary and translational ethics of witnessing.
Bearing Down on the Numbers
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.
Triple Sight, Double Exposure
Jeffrey Zuckerman reviews Irving Weiss’s translation of Mauritian author Malcolm de Chazal’s breakthrough volume of aphorisms through the lens of photography.
