John Taylor offers a favorable appreciation of the recent retranslation, by Marc Vincenz, of Klaus Merzโs oneiric novella ยซJakob schlรคftยป, previously translated by Tess Lewis.
Rereading Klaus Merz
Techno-Poetry
Victor Breidenbach gets to grips with Austrian poet Liesl Ujvaryโs collection Good & Safe in a stimulating and acclaimed translation by Ann Cotten and Anna-Isabella Dinwoodie.
“Not Sacrifice the Ease of the French” (Part II.b)
In this middle section of his essay on Marianne Moore and Jean de La Fontaine, Vincent Kling assesses the principle of translational equivalence with a wide swath of examples.
“Not Sacrifice the Ease of the French” (Part II.a)
Part II.a of Vincent Klingโs investigation into the fate of Marianne Mooreโs translations of Jean de la Fontaine sees him weighing other examples from Oscar Wilde to ยซBeowulfยป.
The Visitor Peering over My Shoulder
Jean-Yves Masson reveals what it can mean for a translator to be haunted by an author, in this intimate account of his affinity with the Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
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.
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