The Short Story Project brings you a new story every week from around the globe, online, for free. The stories are in Hebrew, English and the language of origin, and best of all, you can listen or read, so the app…
ITD 2016: Connecting worlds, from your food to your feet
What do translators and interpreters do all day? They connect worlds, so people can understand and learn from each other, to benefit everyone. That’s the theme for International Translation Day 2016, which is this Friday. It’s easy to get involved and help the communities that need…
Tagged with: connecting worlds, International Translation Day, Translation, Words without Borders
Posted in international, translation
Posted in international, translation
Night-Sky Checkerboard
Phoneme Media has done it again. Oh Saw-Young’s Night-Sky Checkerboard looks simple enough – an elegant slim volume of bilingual poetry from a language not many people would be able to read otherwise; Korean. The powerful juxtapositions of natural imagery reminded me of Regentonnenvariationen.…
Tagged with: books, Brother Anthony of Taizé, Korean, Night-Sky Checker Board, Oh Sae-Young, Phoneme Media, Poetry, Translation
Posted in books, poetry, translation
Posted in books, poetry, translation
the best children’s book in the world?
The Book Trust is looking for the world’s best children’s books to translate into English. Nominations for In Other Words are open until 26 September and the top ten will be presented with sample translations at the Bologna Book Fair…
Tagged with: Book Trust, Children's Books, In Other Words, Justyna Bednarek, Niesamowite przygody dziesięciu skarpetek, Polish, Translation
Posted in Illustration, translation
Posted in Illustration, translation
Catalan Book Week: something new, something old
150 new books are being launched at over 200 events right now in Barcelona – it’s Catalan Book Week. There is much to celebrate, not least the 20th Trajectòria Award going to translator Anna Casassas. You don’t have to go to Barcelona…
Tagged with: Breviculum, Catalan, Catalan Book Week, Catalonia, Ramon Llull, Translation
Posted in books, Illustration, international, language, translation
Posted in books, Illustration, international, language, translation
We need more Akhmatova
With some books, you have to be ready.This poet is one of Russia’s best, but it took me this long to sit down and read her. It’s time you did, too. Anna Akhmatova’s Selected Poems in Richard McKane’s English translation…
Tagged with: Anna Akhmatova, Bloodaxe Books, Poetry, Richard McKane, Russian, Translation, Women in Translation Month
Posted in books, faith, history, literature, poetry, translation, Women in Translation Month
Posted in books, faith, history, literature, poetry, translation, Women in Translation Month
Rilke Shake
Two! Brazilian women in English translation on the ALTA national translation award long list. Is it the Olympic effect? Clarice Lispector is a heavyweight contender, but here’s something new, featherlight and deft from the south. It probably weighs less than…
Tagged with: Angélica Freitas, Brazil, BTBA 2016, Hilary Kaplan, NTA long list, Phoneme Media, Poetry, Portuguese, Queer, Rilke Shake, Translation
Posted in Best Translated Book Award, books, gender, poetry, translation, Women in Translation Month
Posted in Best Translated Book Award, books, gender, poetry, translation, Women in Translation Month
The painter who wrote: Tove Jansson’s letters
Tove Jansson was born 102 years ago today. Her letters were published in the original Swedish for her centenary, and you can read extracts in English translation by David McDuff at the Books from Finland archive. They are a treasure…
Tagged with: Books from Finland, David McDuff, Finnish, Jaana Nikula, Swedish, Tove Jansson, Translation
Posted in Illustration, literature, Tove Jansson Centenary, translation
Posted in Illustration, literature, Tove Jansson Centenary, translation
Women in translation month: Lydia Grigorieva
As women in translation month returns, the task is simple – just read! So I went to a new publisher of Slavonic literature, Glagoslav, and found the perfect way to start. Lydia Grigorieva’s Shards from the Polar Ice is out today and…
Tagged with: Glagoslav, John Farndon, Lydia Grigorieva, Olga Nakston, Richard McKane, Russian, Shards from the Polar Ice, Translation, Ukrainian, Women in Translation Month
Posted in books, gender, poetry, translation, Women in Translation Month
Posted in books, gender, poetry, translation, Women in Translation Month
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