Translations with no originals and originals from unwritten source texts: Guy Bennett reflects on the symbiosis of writing and translating in his more than thirty years of work.
Between Poetry and Translation
To Translate Is to Write
French novelist and former Oulipo president Paul Fournel reflects on translation, on being translated, on translating the Oulipo, and on writing as a form of translation.
A Wordless Coma
Brice Matthieussent takes a witty, provocative look at the figure of the translator, questioning the aptness of the French term “le passeur” to describe the translator’s role.
On the Point of Becoming
On the occasion of their second Duras co-translation, Olivia Baes and Emma Ramadan reflect on «The Easy Life», Duras’s ongoing influence, and their evolving co-translation relationship.
Translation as Instrument of Empire
Joshua Martin Price elucidates the fraught role of translation in Europe’s colonization of the Americas, showing it to have been a significant weapon in the imperial arsenal.
Hopscotch Translation’s Second Anniversary Forum
For Hopscotch’s second anniversary, we asked a handful of translators to tell us about the “impassable” words that they’d found it tricky to bring into their target languages.
