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Quotes related to literary translation 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 #61: Crafting Neologisms in Literary Translation

Mar 14, 2023 2 Comments

Whether we’re crafting translations of authorial neologisms or coining our own neologisms, they require innovative creativity to be easily understood and fit seamlessly into the target language.

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 #49: WAAT Links: The Trick of Translation

Nov 07, 2022 2 Comments

Here’s a set of links to translation-related essays, interviews, podcasts, virtual events, submission calls, and more to start the working week. And a reading recommendation.

WAAT #46: WAAT Links: On translated text and context

Oct 17, 2022 3 Comments

Here’s a set of links to translation-related essays, interviews, podcasts, virtual events, submission calls, and more to start the working week. And a reading recommendation.

On Knowing More Than One Language (and Some Interesting Links)

Oct 03, 2022 No Comments

Here’s a set of links to translation-related essays, interviews, podcasts, virtual events, submission calls, and more to start the working week.

Always Translating (and Some Interesting Links)

Sep 26, 2022 No Comments

Here’s a set of links to translation-related essays, interviews, podcasts, virtual events, submission calls, and more to start the working week.

Translation as Decoding and Re-encoding (and Some Interesting Links)

Sep 19, 2022 No Comments

Here’s a set of links to translation-related essays, interviews, podcasts, virtual events, submission calls, and more to start the working week.

Beyond the Realm of Words (and Some Interesting Links)

Sep 12, 2022 2 Comments

Here’s a set of links to translation-related essays, interviews, podcasts, virtual events, submission calls, and more to start the working week.

Communication as a Miracle of Translation (and Some Interesting Links)

Sep 05, 2022 3 Comments

Here’s a set of links to translation-related essays, interviews, podcasts, virtual events, submission calls, and more to start the working week.

WAAT #28: When Is a Translation (or Any Work of Art) Done?

Jul 15, 2022 No Comments

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WAAT #24: Language as a Blueprint for Culture

Jun 17, 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.

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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