Archives for Topic: Translation Craft

Topical deep dives, curated ideas, and inspiring conversations related to literary translation craft for We Are All Translators (WAAT.)

WAAT #62: A Literary Translation Links Roundup

A monthly links roundup of recent essays, interviews, submission calls, and upcoming events exploring topics related to literary translation from around the world and across the publishing ecosystem.

WAAT #55: Translating Motifs in Literary Works

When a word recurs as an important theme-driven motif in a story and is intentionally left untranslated, it can draw the reader’s attention and make them even more alert and attuned to its various, complex meanings. And a few interesting links at the end.

WAAT #47: On Cohesion and Coherence

Cohesion is about the surface relations between the sentences that make up a text. Coherence is more about the underlying relations between the sentences that make up a text. Cohesion is about the parts. Coherence is about the whole.

WAAT #39: On Anachronisms in Literary Translation

Every day is International Translation Day at ‘We Are All Translators’ but Happy International Translation Day to you all. Let’s consider the cases for and against literary anachronisms (and archaisms) in translation, shall we?

WAAT #30: Vincent van Gogh and the Art of Translation

Vincent van Gogh’s translations of Millet’s paintings were about a “profound and sincere admiration for Millet”, to make Millet more accessible to the “ordinary general public”, and to recognize how the Impressionist trends of his time were linked to past artistic traditions.

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Jenny Bhatt is an author, a literary translator, and a book critic. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student of literature at the University of Texas at Dallas. She has taught creative writing at Writing Workshops Dallas and the PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship Program. Sign up for her free newsletters, We Are All Translators and/or Historical Fiction Craft Notes. Jenny lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Texas.

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