Archives for Topic: Translation Pub Biz

Topical deep dives, curated ideas, and inspiring conversations about the literary translation publishing business for We Are All Translators (WAAT.)

WAAT #62: A Literary Translation Links Roundup

Mar 21, 2023 2 Comments

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 #58: A Literary Translation Links Roundup

Feb 14, 2023 2 Comments

A links roundup of ten recent essays and interviews exploring literary translation works from around the world and across the publishing ecosystem.

WAAT #57: FAQs About the ‘We Are All Translators’ Newsletter

Feb 06, 2023 2 Comments

Where I respond to FAQs about the ‘We Are All Translators’ (WAAT) newsletter, especially for new readers.

WAAT #54: Reader Question on Book Promotion (Part 2)

Jan 16, 2023 3 Comments

Here’s part two of my response to a reader’s question about the publicity and promotion of literary translation works. Also, there are a few interesting links at the end.

WAAT #53: Reader Question on Book Promotion

Jan 09, 2023 4 Comments

Here’s part one of my response to a reader’s question about the publicity and promotion of literary translation works.

WAAT #50: WAAT Session: Nick Glastonbury on elevating translations from underrepresented languages/cultures

Nov 21, 2022 No Comments

In WAAT Session 02, Nick Glastonbury, a translator of Turkish and Kurdish literature, discusses the whys and wherefores of elevating translations from underrepresented languages/cultures and his own translation work.

WAAT #38: Your favorite translated book that deserves more attention?

Sep 23, 2022 2 Comments

Please share your favorite translated work that isn’t as well-known as it should be and deserves more attention.

WAAT #37: Twenty Questions for Literary Translators

Sep 16, 2022 2 Comments

Whether you’re an emerging or an established translator, clarifying what this practice of translation means for you can help you stay productive, efficient, and grounded.

WAAT #36: What a Literary Translator Brings to the Text

Sep 09, 2022 1 Comment

Can reading around a text—contextualizing it and developing a relationship with it—help us translate it better?

WAAT #32: Salman Rushdie on Literary Translation

Aug 12, 2022 No Comments

Salman Rushdie believes we’re living in one of the great ages of literary translation, yet we will always need more world literature read in America, and why the Gujarati language and literature are under-represented and endangered.

WAAT #29: How to Begin Translating (Reader Question)

Jul 22, 2022 No Comments

NOTE: This newsletter is in PDF format because I was using a different service provider. It will be converted to a more user-friendly text format as time allows. Thank you for your patience. ~Jenny Bhatt.

WAAT #27: On Translated Treasures

Jul 08, 2022 No Comments

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. (Photo Credit: Pixel Voyage Photography / Arushi Gupta)

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