Matthew Spencer writes on the process and emotional weight involved in translating fragments selected from Heinrich von Kleist’s short-lived Berliner Abendblätter.
Yesterday’s Yesterday’s Paper
In Flight, In Flux
Alexandra Tilden reviews Julia Sanches’s translation of Mariana Oliver’s Migratory Birds and lays bare the broad political implications of seemingly subtle linguistic choices.
Reading and Translating Theatre
Kotryna Garanasvili takes her English-language adaptation of Lithuanian playwright Marius Ivaškevičius as a starting point for reflecting on how we read and translate theater.
Feminism, Translation, and the Importance of Local Context
Jennifer Boum Make reviews Una Dimitrijevic’s translation of Emma’s «The Emotional Load and Other Invisible Stuff» and highlights the translator’s role as cultural mediator.
Voller Poesie und Gefühl
Ayça Türkoğlu reflects on the work and decisions that went into co-translating Selim Özdoğan’s novel «The Blacksmith’s Daughter» from German with Katy Derbyshire.
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.
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