After translations into dozens of languages, this has taken seven years to appear in English, but the wait is worth it. A twentysomething woman in the States, still hopelessly single when…
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Honey, I Killed the Cats
Tagged with: Benjamin Paloff, books, Deep Vellum, Dorota Masłowska, Honey I killed the Cats, Marcin Nowak, Polish, Translation
Posted in books, translation
Posted in books, translation
Accomodations
Wiola is growing up. We are still growing up in parallel. She is a student in Poland exactly when I am a student in Poland, the academic session of 1995/1996. Except I’m in Warsaw for a year of my degree,…
Tagged with: Accommodations, books, Jennifer Croft, Polish, Translation, Wioletta Greg
Posted in books, translation
Posted in books, translation
Swallowing Mercury
Wioletta Greg is frankly fantastic, and Eliza Marciniak has rendered her voice in English delightfully. A good friend gave this translation of Swallowing Mercury for my birthday, and her only concern was that I might have it already, but I might not…
Tagged with: books, Eliza Marciniak, National Translation Award, Polish, Swallowing Mercury, Translation, Wioletta Greg
Posted in books, history, literature, translation
Posted in books, history, literature, translation
Drive your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
It can be both easier and harder to translate an author who is so aware of the translation process herself. The heroine of this novel and her friend are translating Blake into Polish; they come up with multiple versions of…
Tagged with: Antonia Lloyd-Jones, books, Drive your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Olga Tokarczuk, Polish, Translation
Posted in books, film, translation
Posted in books, film, translation
Women in Translation Month: Ginczanka
Whenever I am in Warsaw, there are a couple of bookshops near the university that I have to visit. I always come out with something unexpected that keeps me going till I can come back to Poland. This time, the…
Tagged with: Marek Kamiński, Mądrość jak rozkosz, Poetry, Polish, Translation, Women in Translation Month, Zusanna Ginczanka
Posted in books, gender, poetry, translation
Posted in books, gender, poetry, translation
stories from Abulafia Street
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…
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
