Patrícia Lino chats with Elisa Wouk Almino and Flora Thomson-DeVeaux about translating Brazilian literature and how their practice has helped them cope with lockdown life.
It Must Be a Form of Happiness
Unknowing Translation
Alexander Dickow reflects on the disconnects between translation theory and practice, exploring certain unexpected and unpredictable coincidences that tend to crop up when one translates rhyming verse.
Let’s Start with the Trees
Timea Sipos talks about finding her feet as a translator of Hungarian poetry, chronicling her close working relationship with the writer Márton Simon over the past four years.
Katabatic Unearthings
Sarah Booker and Olivia Lott discuss Olivia’s translation from the Spanish of Colombian poet Lucía Estrada’s collection «Katabasis», shortlisted for a PEN translation award.
Drink, My Girl, Drink
Annie Rutherford reflects on her work with Belarusian poet Volha Hapeyeva, translating her poetry into English—with bilingual examples illustrating some challenges.
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