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

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

An Interview with Sawako Nakayasu, “the Rosmarie Waldrop of Japan”

By Lindsey Webb | July 15, 2016

On Border-Crossings, Bicycles, and Appearing Naked on Your Book

On Border-Crossings, Bicycles, and Appearing Naked on Your Book

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer Discusses His Newly Translated Novel, La Superba

By Aaron Bady | July 8, 2016

On the Genius of Yuri Herrera's Character Names

On the Genius of Yuri Herrera's Character Names

Lisa Dillman Shares a Translator's Secrets to Unpacking Meaning

By Lisa Dillman | July 7, 2016

10 Books By Arab Women Writers That Should Be Translated

10 Books By Arab Women Writers That Should Be Translated

Moving Beyond the "Saving Muslim Women" Memoirs

By Marcia Lynx Qualey | June 20, 2016

The Horrors and Pleasures of Translating <em>Ulysses</em>

The Horrors and Pleasures of Translating Ulysses

Finding the Polylingual Pleasures of Joyce's Prose in French Translation

By Keri Walsh | June 16, 2016

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

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

Reading Beyond Elena Ferrante

By Jeanne Bonner | June 3, 2016

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Six New Pieces on Translation From Russia, China, Greece, and More

By Literary Hub | May 25, 2016

Do Americans Hate Foreign Fiction?

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Anjali Enjeti on the Serious Lack of Translated Literature in America

By Anjali Enjeti | May 25, 2016

10 Chinese Women Whose Writing Should Be Translated

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When Deborah Smith, Translator of Han Kang's The Vegetarian, Won the Man Booker International Prize

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10 Books by Women We'd Like to See Translated: Balkan Edition

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10 Works of Fiction to Better Understand Brazil

10 Works of Fiction to Better Understand Brazil

A Country in Crisis, and Its Vital Literature

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"The Abandoned Village"

A Short Story by Hassan Blasim, translated by Jonathan Wright

By Hassan Blasim | May 12, 2016

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