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.
Translation as Invitation
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.
“Not Sacrifice the Ease of the French” (Part I)
Vincent Kling examines the surprising, negative reception that Marianne Moore's translation of La Fontaine's «Fables», to ask, more generally, how to fairly appraise a work of literary translation.
Introduction to the Translator’s Preface to «Worlds Built to Fall Apart»
Erik Beranek discusses translation issues in this introduction to his translator's preface to David Lapoujade's «Worlds Built to Fall Apart».
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