An Unnecessary Woman, by Rabbih Alameddine, Grove Press, 2014 I mentioned before a list of books about translators and interpreters, which also included this novel, but I only got to read it a couple of days ago and, since then, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. In just...
I’ve fallen utterly and deeply in love with the books of Javier Marias, a Spanish writer and translator you may have heard of (if not, go to the library or order his novels or short stories right now!). I recommend: A Heart So White, Tomorrow in the Battle Think...
Ed Teja, the author of the short story Imitating Art, which I recently translated, writes on his blog: I'm having fun working with translators, getting stories out in various languages. Part of the fun is the various people you get to interact with. A woman in Izmir is translating a...
Ți se propun un titlu și un autor. Te documentezi, citești, îți faci o părere despre subiect și stil, îți dai seama dacă ți se potrivesc sau nu. Hotărăști să accepți traducerea și, în scurt timp, te apuci de treabă. Emoția din momentele acelea, frenezia și anticiparea sunt de neegalat....
