• On Translation

    Translation

    Languages Cannot Be Assimilated or Colonized, for They Contain Multitudes

    By Lauren Elkin  November 17, 2017
    Deep Dive

    What We Can Learn From Multiple Translations of the Same Poem

    By Martha Collins  November 13, 2017
    Essay

    Haruki Murakami on His Favorite Young Novelist: Mieko Kawakami

    By Haruki Murakami  October 4, 2017
    Spotlight

    The Future of New Writing: Introducing Freeman’s, Issue Four

    By John Freeman  September 19, 2017
    Conversations

    Why We Need to Translate More Women Writers

    By Literary Hub  August 30, 2017
    Translation

    On Living, and Thinking, in Two Languages at Once

    By Camille Bordas  August 11, 2017
    Craft

    The Trick to Translating Rhythm, Tone, and Slang

    By Lisa Dillman  June 9, 2017
    Translation

    The Making of a Tireless Literary Translator

    By Nathan Scott McNamara  March 29, 2017
    Craft

    Julio Cortázar Teaches a Class on His Own Short Story

    By Julio Cortazar  March 28, 2017
    Translation

    Jhumpa Lahiri on the Compulsion to Translate Domenico Starnone

    By Jhumpa Lahiri  March 7, 2017
    Deep Dive

    On Dracula’s Lost Icelandic Sister Text

    By Hans Corneel de Roos  February 6, 2017
    Translation

    Reuniting Two Halves of a Long-Lost Alexandre Dumas Novel

    By Lawrence Ellsworth  January 9, 2017
    Poets

    How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neruda’s Lost Poems

    By Forrest Gander  November 23, 2016
    Essay

    The Bolaño Effect: Latin American Literature in Translation

    By Nathan Scott McNamara  November 18, 2016
    Translation

    10 Japanese Books by Women We’d Love to See in English

    By Allison Markin Powell  November 10, 2016
    Feature

    10 Books by Polish Women Writers We’d Like to See Translated

    By Anna Błasiak  October 26, 2016
    Essay

    There’s Still No Word for ‘Memoir’ in German Publishing

    By Tara Bray Smith  October 17, 2016
    Essay

    War in Translation: Giving Voice to the Women of Syria

    By Lina Mounzer  October 6, 2016
    Essay

    To Leave Your Mother Tongue is to Love It More

    By Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough  October 4, 2016
    Criticism

    Finding the Unsayable in Translation

    By Michael Helm  September 16, 2016
    Conversations

    Ann Goldstein on Translating Elena Ferrante and the Inner Workings of The New Yorker

    By Melinda Harvey  September 1, 2016
    Novelists

    A Masterpiece of Latin American Literature Finally Appears in English

    By Esther Allen  August 23, 2016
    Essay

    Our Language is Ever Updating, But Meaning Remains

    By Lyz Lenz  August 15, 2016
    Feature

    What The Last Samurai Reveals About American Literary Culture

    By Christina Farella  July 29, 2016
    Conversations

    From a Teen’s Blog to International Acclaim: On Translating Sagawa Chika

    By Lindsey Webb  July 15, 2016
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