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Svetlana Alexievich in Praise<br> of Maxim Osipov

Svetlana Alexievich in Praise
of Maxim Osipov

On the Russian Doctor Who Treats His Characters Like His Patients

By Svetlana Alexievich | April 9, 2019

A Letter to Virginia Woolf,On Translating <em>A Room of One's Own</em> into Romanian

A Letter to Virginia Woolf,On Translating A Room of One's Own into Romanian

"I write to you as myself, I write to you as us all, I write to you as one."

By Elena Marcu | March 6, 2019

On Translating Bolaño (and His Obsessions)

On Translating Bolaño (and His Obsessions)

A Q&A with Natasha Wimmer, Translator of The Spirit of Science Fiction

By Literary Hub | February 8, 2019

Ten Thoughts on Having Your Novel Translated into Your Native Tongue

Ten Thoughts on Having Your Novel Translated into Your Native Tongue

The Challenges of Working in a Language You Only Use to Speak to Your Mother

By Johannes Lichtman | February 5, 2019

Marcel Proust Was Almost Impossible to Edit

Marcel Proust Was Almost Impossible to Edit

Carol Clark on the Challenges of Editing and Translating The Prisoner

By Carol Clark | January 8, 2019

What Do I Risk Losing By Writing Down My Family's Stories in English?

What Do I Risk Losing By Writing Down My Family's Stories in English?

Jamil Jan Kochai on Traditions of Afghan Oral Storytelling

By Jamil Jan Kochai | January 7, 2019

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The Poet Who Survived Stalin's Poems

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

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

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