Bradley Harmon immerses himself and the reader in the process of translating the work of Swedish poet Katarina Frostenson, in this translator’s note from «The Space of Time».
As Long As Language Exists
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.
Mumbo Jumbo, Verbal Acrobatics, Fun
Barbara Thimm takes a simultaneously playful and practical approach to translation as reading, drawing on her teaching as well as her own translation of German novelist Ror Wolf.
“mit diesem grenzhandel / an der sprache”
Daniel Rabuzzi reviews Uljana Wolf’s poetry collection «kochanie, today I bought bread» and admires the cleverness of Greg Nissan in bringing the work from German to English.
Shuffling from East to West
Matt Jakubowksi considers the contemporary political and social resonances of Brigitte Reimann’s novel «Siblings», translated by Lucy Jones and depicting Cold War-era Germany.
Review of Hermann Burger’s «Brenner»
Vincent Kling introduces us to the work of Hermann Burger and to Adrian Nathan West's remarkable translation of his novel «Brenner».
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