Amanda Andrei attends Geffen Playhouse’s recent production of Samuel Beckett’s play «Waiting for Godot» and comes away with a few insights or “provocations” for translators.
The Office, The Daily Show, and Waiting for Godot
Writer, Translator, Sorceress
Elena Schafer celebrates Jenny McPhee’s retranslation of Elsa Morante’s «Lies and Sorcery» long after a controversial first translation clouded the novel’s reception in English.
Translation as Invitation
Teresa Villa-Ignacio takes the reader through the intimate process of researching and translating Tahar Ben Jelloun’s iconic 1968 poem ‘L’Aube des dalles’ for a recent anthology.
Following Threads and Leaving Traces (Part 1)
Breon Mitchell chats with our own Chris Clarke about the untold riches of translators’ archives, how they are compiled in the first place and what is involved in curating them.
Fixers
Zrinka Stahuljak outlines the role, importance, and fascination of the people she terms “fixers,” pivotal figures in the translation history of the early modern Mediterranean.
The Translator’s Visibility
Noah Rawlings teases out the implicit theory of translation to be found in Lydia Davis’s recent essay collections and reflects on the translation strategies she has deployed.
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