Santiago Artozqui assesses the linguistic strategies and sociohistorical stakes involved in retranslating Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel «Gone with the Wind» into French in 2020.
Translations Come and Go, Racism Remains
Bringing Godzilla to the Village and Other Devastations
James Richie details the process of bringing Mexican poet Víctor Cabrera’s recent chapbook «A Village Devastated by Godzilla» into English in this cinematic translator’s note.
Riff-driven
Jess Jensen Mitchell is lured into the weird and wild world(s) of translation multiples, the genre that Kasia Szymanska identifies and explores in her new book of the same name.
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.
The Winding, Glorious Road to Publication
Yana Ellis tells Suzana Vuljevic about her experience seeing Zdravka Evtimova’s Bulgarian novel «The Wolves of Staro Selo» through the process of translation and publication.
Unlocked Doors & Inner Rewards
Samuel Martin pays tribute to the writer and translator Paul Auster (1947-2024), recalling how their two paths crossed and revisiting Auster’s translations of Joseph Joubert.
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