Samuel Martin pays tribute to the writer and translator Paul Auster (1947-2024), recalling how their two paths crossed and revisiting Auster’s translations of Joseph Joubert.
Unlocked Doors & Inner Rewards
Following Threads and Leaving Traces (Part 2)
In Part 2 of their conversation, Breon Mitchell and Chris Clarke discuss further strategies for maintaining translation archives so as to ensure their usefulness and durability.
Translation as Invitation
Teresa Villa-Ignacio takes the reader through the intimate process of researching and translating Tahar Ben Jelloun’s iconic 1968 poem ‘L’Aube des dalles’ for a recent anthology.
Following Threads and Leaving Traces (Part 1)
Breon Mitchell chats with our own Chris Clarke about the untold riches of translators’ archives, how they are compiled in the first place and what is involved in curating them.
Fixers
Zrinka Stahuljak outlines the role, importance, and fascination of the people she terms “fixers,” pivotal figures in the translation history of the early modern Mediterranean.
The Translator’s Visibility
Noah Rawlings teases out the implicit theory of translation to be found in Lydia Davis’s recent essay collections and reflects on the translation strategies she has deployed.
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