Author Philip Gabriel deserves more than being the unsung hero of the literary world S. INDRA SATHIABALAN /16 JAN 2019 FANS OF Nobel prize winners Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore, Killing Commendatore) and Kenzaburo Oe (Somersault) are probably familiar with the name Philip Gabriel, as he is the man who translated the works of these Japanese authors into …
JAN 6, 2019 BY PAUL DARGAN Any great chef can whip up an omelet. But each has their own style — the herb-rich French omelet, the albumin-heavy American omelet, the sweet Japanese tamagoyaki, the list goes on — but either way, you can expect to be served up something tasty. That said, most world-class chefs aren’t famous …
Knowing how to write is a necessary skill if you want to work in translation Read More »
Chen Huizhi 2018-12-11 A premature baby, Yao Wubin suffered brain damage when he almost suffocated in an infant incubator. Now aged 26, cerebral palsy has defined Yao’s whole life, but his first translation work, an Italian chef’s book about mushrooms, is to be published early next year. Cerebral palsy comes in many forms. Generally, sufferers have …
Young translator’s first volume proves that he’s a real fun guy Read More »
Cindy Schweich Handler North Jersey Record Published 6:00 AM EST Nov 18, 2018 The bestselling “My Brilliant Friend” is the first in the so-called Neapolitan Quartet Courtesy of Europa Editions Ann Goldstein has been called a publishing celebrity whose “name on a book is now gold.” Praise like that would thrill any writer — which makes …
Meet Ann Goldstein, the brilliant translator behind the HBO series ‘My Brilliant Friend’ Read More »
December 2, 2018 (Mainichi Japan) NIHONMATSU, Fukushima — A 46-year-old translator is giving free public documentary screenings both inside and outside of Japan, telling the story of this northeastern Japanese prefecture in the years since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. Hiroko Crary, born in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Nihonmatsu and …
Translator brings post-disaster Fukushima Pref. to life through documentary screenings Read More »
After having read Catherine’s post on I-would-not-work-with-them-again types of PMs, I thought I could add to the story by sharing from my experience as a PM. The truth is that, after having worked for a few years as a translator and interpreter myself, and having come across all sorts of PMs, when I started my own …
Think you’ve heard it all? Dealing with translators Read More »
By Noah M. Mintz There is a lot of conversation around “emerging” translators—and a lot of jokes made about cocoons and metamorphosis. But the fact is that the practice of literary translation is a lonely pursuit, and the mechanisms of the publishing business are often dauntingly obscure to the uninitiated. So though the term may be …
Every translator, linguist, language lover and grammar nazi has been there. Wherever we travel, our eyes are checking everything around us for grammar and translation mistakes. The following mistranslations are some of the most ‘famous’ ones, they can be found in many webpages online. I won’t talk about the importance of professional translation services to …
This is a guest post by Rachel Sinn, a Spanish to English medical and pharmaceutical translator based in Colorado. I asked Rachel to write a post on her experiences managing her freelance business since giving birth to her first baby eight months ago. Specifically, Rachel has managed to juggle motherhood and freelancing while using little to …
Posted on August 20, 2018 by danielv A Bridge Too Far Most of the time, when we describe a good translation, we refer to the concept of fidelity. We believe the target text should be true to the source, respecting its style as well as the things it describes. However, at times, translators run the risk of over-egging …
