10 Literary Translators on the Art of Translation

10 Literary Translators on the Art of Translation

"Like the ghostwriter, the translator must slip on a second skin."

By Emily Temple | November 28, 2018

I Was Almost Svetlana Alexievich's Translator

I Was Almost Svetlana Alexievich's Translator

Laura Esther Wolfson Falling Short of Literary Fame

By Laura Esther Wolfson | November 5, 2018

The Weirdos of Russian Literature

The Weirdos of Russian Literature

On the Foibles of Genius, From Tolstoy to Akhmatova

By Viv Groskop | November 2, 2018

Anthea Bell, Translator of Sebald, Kafka, and <em>Asterix</em>, Has Died at 82

Anthea Bell, Translator of Sebald, Kafka, and Asterix, Has Died at 82

She Was One of our Greatest English Translators

By Emily Temple | October 18, 2018

The Joy and Terror of Translating James Baldwin's <em>Giovanni's Room</em>

The Joy and Terror of Translating James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room

Elena Marcu on Bringing an American Classic to Romania

By Elena Marcu | August 22, 2018

The Poet Who Survived Stalin's Poems

The Poet Who Survived Stalin's Poems

The Tale of Arsenii Tarkovsky and the Translation He Couldn't Refuse

By Ilya Kutik and Reginald Gibbons | August 21, 2018

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Kate Briggs Poses Some Tricky Questions

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Why Isn't There a Good Igbo Translation of Things Fall Apart?

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