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Why Close Reading is An Essential Part of Literary Translation

Why Close Reading is An Essential Part of Literary Translation

Damion Searls on What Emerging and Established Translators Can Learn From a Careful Examination of Texts

By Damion Searls | October 29, 2024

How New York City Became a Haven For Endangered Languages

How New York City Became a Haven For Endangered Languages

British Academy Book Prize Winner Ross Perlin on the City’s Unique Position to Preserve Global Linguistic Diversity

By Ross Perlin | October 28, 2024

The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

Aditi Machado on the Literary Power of Food Descriptions

By Aditi Machado | October 21, 2024

Translating the Ancient Language of The Vetala Tales

Translating the Ancient Language of The Vetala Tales

Douglas J. Penick on Capturing the Essence of South Asian Mythology For a Contemporary Western Audience

By Douglas J. Penick | October 7, 2024

Remembering the Life and Work of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, Translator and Activist

Remembering the Life and Work of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, Translator and Activist

“Did you always cry, did you always burn?”

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2024

On Returning to and Reinterpreting the Classics: Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation with Translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones

On Returning to and Reinterpreting the Classics: Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation with Translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones

On Her New Book, “The Empusium”

By Literary Hub | September 24, 2024

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Bringing Felice Bauer to Life in Magdaléna Platzová’s Life After Kafka

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The First Lesbian: How Sappho’s Poetry Paved the Way for Modern Queer Literature

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From the Trenches: New Work by Ukrainian Poet and Soldier Artur Dron

From the Trenches: New Work by Ukrainian Poet and Soldier Artur Dron

Translated by Yevheniia Dubrova and Hanna Leliv

By Literary Hub | July 29, 2024

Bridging the Gaps: On Writing and Revising a Novel in Two Languages

Bridging the Gaps: On Writing and Revising a Novel in Two Languages

Julia Malye Explores Her Personal and Literary Relationship with French and English

By Julia Malye | June 21, 2024

Dreaming in English of Dreaming in Kashmiri: What You Can Only Express in One Language

Dreaming in English of Dreaming in Kashmiri: What You Can Only Express in One Language

Priyanka Mattoo on the Complexities of Living in a Multicultural Family

By Priyanka Mattoo | June 18, 2024

Camille Bordas on What Stand-Up Comedy Can Teach Writing Workshops About Growing Thicker Skin

Camille Bordas on What Stand-Up Comedy Can Teach Writing Workshops About Growing Thicker Skin

Adam Ehrlich Sachs in Conversation with the Author of “The Material”

By Adam Ehrlich Sachs | June 13, 2024

Between Languages: Yukiko Tominaga on Writing in English and Japanese

Between Languages: Yukiko Tominaga on Writing in English and Japanese

“Switching around the two languages frees me from my own stigma.”

By Yukiko Tominaga | May 31, 2024

Literary Catharsis: Jenna Tang on Translating Lin Yi-Han’s Only Novel, <em>Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise</em>

Literary Catharsis: Jenna Tang on Translating Lin Yi-Han’s Only Novel, Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise

On Taiwanese Literature, Trauma, and Redefining "Home"

By Jenna Tang | May 30, 2024

The Special Challenges of Attempting a New Translation of Kafka

The Special Challenges of Attempting a New Translation of Kafka

Mark Harman on Learning to Understand Both the Surfaces and “Subterranean Passages” of Kafka

By Mark Harman | May 28, 2024

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