In Part 2 of their interview, Janet Lee and Marcella Durand turn to Durand’s own poetic work, focusing on her attempt to break down the divisions between humans and nature.
In the Service of the Figure (II)
In the Service of the Figure (I)
In this interview with poet-translator Marcella Durand, she and Janet Lee discuss her translation of Michèle Métail, ancient palindromes, park destruction, and bee poems.
T. E. Lawrence in the Forest of Translation
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.
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.
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