John Taylor offers a favorable appreciation of the recent retranslation, by Marc Vincenz, of Klaus Merz’s oneiric novella «Jakob schläft», previously translated by Tess Lewis.
Rereading Klaus Merz
Why I Am an Activist Translator
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.
MANIFESTO / O-SE*IN!M
Matt Reeck, in this passionate follow-up to his piece «Control Alt Delete», argues for more livable conditions and broader recognition for translators under late capitalism.
Strange Encounters and Needless Worries
Stine An and Yoo Heekyung indulge in a richly detailed conversation about An’s new translation of Heekyung’s poetry collection «Winter Night Rabbit Worries» for Ugly Duckling.
Wonders in Aliceland
Pierre Senges leaps down the rabbit-hole in this review of Philippe Jaworski’s new French translations of Lewis Carroll for Gallimard’s prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade.
“Not Sacrifice the Ease of the French” (Part II.c)
Vincent Kling concludes Part II of his essay on translational equivalence by scrutinizing Vladimir Nabokov’s notorious translation of Aleksander Pushkin’s novel «Eugene Onegin».
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