Katherine Hedeen and Víctor Rodríguez Núñez speak with Michelle Mirabella about their new collaborative translation of Rolando Kattan’s poetry collection «Bullet-Proof Vest».
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Why I Am an Activist Translator
Teresa Villa-Ignacio lays out the grounds on which she aspires to be an activist translator, while elucidating the social and literary conditions that make that work possible.
Strange Encounters and Needless Worries
Stine An and Yoo Heekyung indulge in a richly detailed conversation about An’s new translation of Heekyung’s poetry collection «Winter Night Rabbit Worries» for Ugly Duckling.
Techno-Poetry
Victor Breidenbach gets to grips with Austrian poet Liesl Ujvary’s 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.c)
Vincent Kling concludes Part II of his essay on translational equivalence by scrutinizing Vladimir Nabokov’s notorious translation of Aleksander Pushkin’s novel «Eugene Onegin».
“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.
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