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The Deep Sea Diver’s Syndrome

The Deep Sea Diver’s Syndrome

Serge Brussolo, translated by Edward Gauvin

By Lit Hub Excerpts | January 19, 2016

How a Mother-Daughter Translation Team Makes it Work

How a Mother-Daughter Translation Team Makes it Work

Martha Tennent and Maruxa Relaño: Not All Happy Families Are Alike

By Martha Tennent and Maruxa Relano | January 13, 2016

Five Finnish Writers You Should Know

Five Finnish Writers You Should Know

(Who Are Even Weirder Than Regular Finns)

By Johanna Sinisalo | January 8, 2016

A Brief, Wondrous History of Arabic Literature

A Brief, Wondrous History of Arabic Literature

Truth, Beauty, and the Poetry of Islam

By Suheil Bushrui and James M. Malarkey | December 11, 2015

Are We Different People in Different Languages?

Are We Different People in Different Languages?

On Being a Multilingual Writer in the 21st Century

By Ana Menéndez | November 19, 2015

On Translating an

On Translating an "Untranslatable" Book

An Intuitive Journey to Eugene Vodolazkin's Medieval Russia

By Lisa Hayden | November 6, 2015

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Translating a Book in Order to Save It

By André Naffis-Sahely | November 4, 2015

When An Author You Translate Gets Death Threats

By Jennifer Croft | November 2, 2015

Translator's Blues

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 26, 2015

Prostitutes, Pimps, Pushers: How to Translate a 'Jazz' Novel

Prostitutes, Pimps, Pushers: How to Translate a 'Jazz' Novel

Meeting Fiston Mwanza Mujila for Dinner in Paris

By Roland Glasser | October 15, 2015

The First Democratic Party Debate: A Spinglish-English Translation

The First Democratic Party Debate: A Spinglish-English Translation

“I didn’t take a position until I took a position” and other gems

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf | October 15, 2015

Kenzaburo Oe Finds a Hero in Huckleberry Finn

Kenzaburo Oe Finds a Hero in Huckleberry Finn

Ruminations On America, Harvard Square, 1965

By Kenzaburo Oe | October 8, 2015

Ten Great Books With Their Own Languages

Ten Great Books With Their Own Languages

A Brief Survey of Memorable Made-Up Dialect

By Stephen Sparks | September 1, 2015

A History of Encounters with <em>The Lover</em>

A History of Encounters with The Lover

On Rereading Marguerite Duras's Masterpiece

By Laura van den Berg | August 25, 2015

Sex, Feminism, and the Lost Genius of Violette Leduc

Sex, Feminism, and the Lost Genius of Violette Leduc

On Her Newly Translated Classic, 'Therese and Isabelle'

By Tom Roberge | July 17, 2015

Hush!

Hush!

Anton Chekhov

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 15, 2015

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