Samuel Martin revisits T. E. Lawrence’s English version of a little-known French novel by Adrien Le Corbeau, «The Forest Giant», nearly 100 years after its initial publication.
T. E. Lawrence in the Forest of Translation
The Inca Conquest of Europe
Vincent Kling reviews Sam Taylor’s translation of Laurent Binet’s «Civilizations», examining the tension between fiction and history that pervades all three of Binet’s novels.
Feminism, Translation, and the Importance of Local Context
Jennifer Boum Make reviews Una Dimitrijevic’s translation of Emma’s «The Emotional Load and Other Invisible Stuff» and highlights the translator’s role as cultural mediator.
The Parasite of Translation
Translator, writer, and publisher Johannes Göransson draws on the writings of Michel Serres to explore the notion of the parasite and its possible place in conceptualizing translation.
«Mahagony»: A Colloquy of French-American Voices
Matt Reeck unpacks Betsy Wing’s latest translation of Édouard Glissant – his fifth novel, «Mahagony» – as hybrid chronicle, postcolonial autoethnography, and polyvocal colloquy.
Translationships (III)
In her latest “Translationships,” Magdalena Edwards breaks down how she sees translated variations of Jean Cocteau’s play “La Voix Humaine” in three films by Pedro Almodóvar.
