100 years ago today, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was shot in Sarajevo, triggering what H.G. Wells called the “war that will end war”; it wasn’t long before the irony of that phrase was felt. The Oxford English Dictionary has…
100 years of pacifism 1914-2014
Tagged with: Émile Arnaud, English, First World War, French, Language, Oxford English Dictionary, Pacifism, Translation, words
Posted in history, international, language, words
Posted in history, international, language, words
moral language?
If you speak a language well enough to get along, but not really well, it’s an effort. You need time to think and process and a lot of energy can go into making sure you get the grammar right. As…
Tagged with: Albert Costa, English, French, international, Korean, language learning, moral language, Spanish, Translation
Posted in international, language, translation
Posted in international, language, translation
waiting for translation: Tokarczuk’s Bieguni
You know that feeling when you’re waiting at an airport, trying to guess where other are from and where they are going? You start writing in your notebook, observing the man across from you, who is writing in his notebook,…
Tagged with: Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Bieguni, English, Language, Literature, Olga Tokarczuk, Polish, Translation
Posted in books, international, language, literature, translation
Posted in books, international, language, literature, translation
world cup of literature: an even more beautiful game
Love football or hate it, you can’t ignore the World Cup. But if you’d rather read a good book, three percent is pitching readable works published this millennium from each World Cup qualifying country against each other. On the day…
Tagged with: books, Translation, what shall I read next?, World Cup of Literature
Posted in Best Translated Book Award, books, international, literature, poetry, translation, World Cup of Literature
Posted in Best Translated Book Award, books, international, literature, poetry, translation, World Cup of Literature
time to relax: tina and mouse
Here in Finland, today is the start of ten loooooooooooong sunny weeks of school holidays – and we already have 22 hours of daylight at this time of year. Sadly, if most of your work comes from and goes to different countries, you…
dragons are equally important: Tolkien’s Beowulf
For those of us who can’t let go of the world of the rings, today is a good day. J. R. R. Tolkien’s translation of and commentary on the Anglo Saxon epic Beowulf is published today, edited by his 89-year-old…
Tagged with: Beowulf, critics, dragons, English, J. R. R. Tolkien, Literature, monsters, Old English, Seamus Heaney, Translation
Posted in literature, poetry, translation
Posted in literature, poetry, translation
European literature night 2014: words, pictures, and wheels
With a mission to bring new books from around the continent to the people, tonight is the sixth European literature night. In co-operation with 28 European National Institutes for Culture, the Czech organisers have brought the event to 24 cities this…
Tagged with: Belgian, bike, British Library, Czech, Europe, European Literature Night, Finnish, German, graphic novels, Iceland, Illustration, Judith Vanistendael, Kaisa Leka, Line Hoven, Literature, Lucie Lomova, Max, Polish, Spanish, Translation, Witold Szabłowski
Posted in European Literature Night, Illustration, international, literature, translation
Posted in European Literature Night, Illustration, international, literature, translation
through different lenses: best translated book award 2014
Seeing the same author through the (rose-tinted, mirrored, bi- or tri-focal?) lenses of different translators is a refreshing, if potentially disorienting, experience. This year’s Best Translated Book Award (BTBA) allows the reader to do just that. The interesting thing about this years’…
Tagged with: Diana Thow, Elisa Biagni, Eugene Ostashevsky, George Szirtes, Hungarian, Italian, László Krasznohorkai, Literature, Ottilie Muzlet, Poetry, Sarah Stickney, Susan Sontag, Translation, translator
Posted in Best Translated Book Award, books, international, literature, poetry, translation
Posted in Best Translated Book Award, books, international, literature, poetry, translation
found in translation 