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

Why Do Americans Read so Few Books in Translation?

Why Do Americans Read so Few Books in Translation?

We Live in a Globalized World—It's Time to Start Acting Like It

By Gabriella Page-Fort | August 3, 2018

What is the Morally Appropriate Language in Which to Think and Write?

What is the Morally Appropriate Language in Which to Think and Write?

Arundhati Roy on the Complex, Shifting Politics of Language and Translation in India

By Arundhati Roy | July 25, 2018

The Experimental German Writer For Whom

The Experimental German Writer For Whom "Dumb" is A Badge of Honor

On Translating Rainald Goetz, A Non-Conformist Par Excellence

By Adrian Nathan West | July 3, 2018

Language as Homeland, Identity, and Normality

Language as Homeland, Identity, and Normality

On Translating Catalan

By Mara Faye Lethem | June 7, 2018

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In Praise of the Near Impossible-to-Translate Novel

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On the Rise—and Cost—of the African Novel in English

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

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Why Are There Two Distinct Ways of Writing Norwegian?

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The Tragedies of Aeschylus Are Truly Timeless

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Ismail Kadare on the Greatest of the Greeks

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The Political Power of Translation

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Chenxin Jiang on Bringing the Stories of Refugees into English

By Chenxin Jiang | January 8, 2018

Why I Gave Homer a Contemporary Voice in the <em>Odyssey</em>

Why I Gave Homer a Contemporary Voice in the Odyssey

Emily Wilson on the Virtues of Hospitality, Now and in the Ancient World

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Meeting the Perfect Translator for My Book

Meeting the Perfect Translator for My Book

Michael Frank Has Coffee with the Man "Living Inside" His Brain

By Michael Frank | November 27, 2017

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