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A Rare and Fragile Cage: On Loving—and Being Trapped By—the Lithuanian Language

A Rare and Fragile Cage: On Loving—and Being Trapped By—the Lithuanian Language

Akvilė Kavaliauskaitė Considers the One-Way Cultural Street Between Her Home Country and the Rest of the World

By Akvilė Kavaliauskaitė | October 22, 2025

Between Taiwanese and Mandarin: Translation as a Test of Allegiance

Between Taiwanese and Mandarin: Translation as a Test of Allegiance

Kevin Wang Explores How Translating Terao Tetsuya’s “Spent Bullets” Helped Him Understand the Legacy of Taiwan

By Kevin Wang | October 15, 2025

Is This the First-Ever English Language Review of László Krasznahorkai?

Is This the First-Ever English Language Review of László Krasznahorkai?

Read Andrew Ervin’s January 2001 Take on “The Melancholy of Resistance”

By Andrew Ervin | October 9, 2025

On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

“It is a bummer to me that Proust occupies such a rarefied, even elitist, realm in the culture.”

By Bryan Alistair Charles | October 7, 2025

Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

Sarah Viren Talks to the Translator of Laura Vazquez‘s “The Endless Week”

By Sarah Viren | October 3, 2025

Ten Titles in Translation That Celebrate Ukraine

Ten Titles in Translation That Celebrate Ukraine

Nelly Klos Recommends Books, Plays, and Memoirs That Uplift Ukrainian Voices

By Nelly Klos | September 29, 2025

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Writer, Resistance Fighter, and Kafka’s First Translator: Milena Jesenská, Forgotten No More

By Christine Estima | September 12, 2025

Lalla Romano Was Writing Autofiction Before It Existed

By Brian Robert Moore | September 5, 2025

To Write Poetry After Gaza is a Necessity

By Huda Fakhreddine | August 28, 2025

On Bringing the Novels of Mizuki Tsujimura to English Readers

On Bringing the Novels of Mizuki Tsujimura to English Readers

Yuki Tejima: “For fifteen years, the novel has been passed from reader to reader in Japan.”

By Yuki Tejima | August 26, 2025

Blurring Genre, Gender: The Rich Challenges of Translating Kim de l’Horizon’s Wild Fiction

Blurring Genre, Gender: The Rich Challenges of Translating Kim de l’Horizon’s Wild Fiction

Jamie Lee Searle Reflects on Capturing the Elusive Essence of “Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues”

By Jamie Lee Searle | August 25, 2025

On Discovering My Aunt Eleni’s Place in Queer Greek Literature

On Discovering My Aunt Eleni’s Place in Queer Greek Literature

Natalie Bakopoulos Shares Lessons From Translating Her Aunt’s Novel

By Natalie Bakopoulos | August 21, 2025

Journeying in the Other Direction: On Bringing a Great Tamil Writer to English Readers

Journeying in the Other Direction: On Bringing a Great Tamil Writer to English Readers

On Translating Jeyamohan’s “Stories of the True”

By Priyamvada Ramkumar | August 18, 2025

The Case for Renaming Kafka’s <em>Metamorphosis</em> as <em>The Transformation</em>

The Case for Renaming Kafka’s Metamorphosis as The Transformation

Mark Harman Digs into the History and Linguistic Choices of Translating an Uncanny Classic

By Mark Harman | August 8, 2025

On the Joy of Building a Sci-Fi World with a Korean Inflection

On the Joy of Building a Sci-Fi World with a Korean Inflection

Elaine U. Cho: “If you want to belong to the world, you’ll have to pick up on its lingo.”

By Elaine U. Cho | August 5, 2025

“If God Were Like Chekhov, I Would Be Consoled.” On the Privileges of Misery

“If God Were Like Chekhov, I Would Be Consoled.” On the Privileges of Misery

Philip Metres on the Eternal Brilliance of a Russian Master

By Philip Metres | July 30, 2025

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