Santiago Artozqui assesses the linguistic strategies and sociohistorical stakes involved in retranslating Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel «Gone with the Wind» into French in 2020.
Translations Come and Go, Racism Remains
Translating the Elliptical
Shushan Avagyan makes an urgent case for preserving the abundant ellipses when translating Zabel Yesayan’s «Averagnerun mej» (1911), an account of massacres in Ottoman Turkey.
The Visitor Peering over My Shoulder
Jean-Yves Masson reveals what it can mean for a translator to be haunted by an author, in this intimate account of his affinity with the Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Re: (Not) Capitulating
In the follow-up to his review of Batool Abu Akleen’s poetry collection «48Kg.», Samuel Martin traces the reverberations of an unexpected phrase through old and new contexts.
What Brings Us to a Halt (Part 2)
John Taylor, in this second part of «What Brings Us to a Halt», responds to his friend and collaborator Franca Mancinelli with an essay about poetry, botany, and translation.
The Office, The Daily Show, and Waiting for Godot
Amanda Andrei attends Geffen Playhouse’s recent production of Samuel Beckett’s play «Waiting for Godot» and comes away with a few insights or “provocations” for translators.
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