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NOTE: I’m working to transfer the Jan-Jul 2022 PDF archives below into text-based ones so they will be categorizable and searchable. Thanks for your patience. ~Jenny Bhatt
August 2022 ▼
34. Aug 27, 2022: On Foreignization and Domestication (and links roundup)
SPECIAL EVENT INVITE: Shaam-e-Tarjuma; an evening of translation; a collaboration between the Ashoka Centre for Translation and Desi Books (recording)
33. Aug 19, 2022: On the Translator's Note or Introduction
32. Aug 12, 2022: Salman Rushdie on Literary Translation
31. Aug 05, 2022: For Whom (or Why) Do We Translate?
May 2022 ▼
April 2022 ▼
17. April 29, 2022: Forty-three English Translations of the Same Japanese Verse
16. April 22, 2022: The Language of Relocation
15. April 15, 2022: Translating Traditions and Rituals Through the Ages
14. April 08, 2022: Onomatopoeic Words Should Be the Easiest to Translate But . . .
13. April 01, 2022: When You Disagree With the Original Author's Aesthetics or Ethics
February 2022 ▼
8. February 25, 2022: The Silences in Language That Translation Struggles to Capture
7. February 18, 2022: Some Writing and Translating Wisdom from Social Media
6. February 11, 2022: Words That Carry Entire Histories and Ways of Being Within Them
5. February 4, 2022: "Microsuspense: the Desire to Keep Reading, the Drive to Turn the Page"
January 2022 ▼
4. January 28, 2022: What We Talk About When We Talk About Literary Translation
3. January 21, 2022: ". . . The Peace of the Dancing Mind–Is Our Work . . ." (Morrison)
2. January 14, 2022: Long Words and Sentences (e.g. "Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung")
1. January 07, 2022: First Words: Welcome and Thank You
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August 2022 ▼
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The first substantive English translation of the Gujarati short story pioneer, Dhumketu (1892–1965.) The first book-length translation from Gujarati to English published in the US.
“Dhumketu is a wonderfully gripping storyteller . . . Bhatt has certainly done him justice in this excellent selection.” ~JENNIFER CROFT, translator of The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk
“The translator . . . follows each dip and tremor in the narrative flow with practised ease and linguistic flair . . .” ~N KALYAN RAMAN, translator of The Story of a Goat by Perumal Murugan
“. . . a love letter to the power of art and the human spirit . . . These stories invite readers to rediscover the wonder in the quotidian.” ~KIRKUS REVIEWS
“Complex characters, vibrant imagery, and descriptions of rural Gujarat State bolster each of the stories. Readers are in for a treat.” ~PUBLISHERS WEEKLY