Jonathan Dunne embarks on a merry-go-round of (re)translation, following two quotations on their literary journey across the English, French, Spanish, and Galician languages.
The Roundabout of Translation
A Garden of Earthly Delights and Bodily Horrors
Georgina Fooks reviews Ave Barreraโs novel ยซThe Forgeryยป, translated by Ellen Jones and Robin Myers, with particular attention to the bookโs sensory (and sensational) aspects.
Javier Marรญasโs Legacy
Katie King pays warm homage to the Spanish writer and translator Javier Marรญas (1951-2022), highlighting the immense importance of his translation practice on his own writing.
Clinical Poetics
Anushka Sen revels in the stark expression and philosophical daring of Chantal Maillardโs ยซKilling Platoยป, a two-part poetic volume translated from Spanish by Yvette Siegert.
Translating the Erotic Left
Dan Eltringham offers this rich translatorโs note to accompany his English-language versions of early work by Ana Marรญa Rodas for a forthcoming transatlantic poetry anthology.
The Weight of Meaning
Whitni Battle confronts the practical and ethical challenges facing the literary translator, in an essay written in the throes of her own translation of Kelly Martรญnez-Grandal.
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