Archives for Topic: Translation Reads

Books and other reads related to literary translation for We Are All Translators (WAAT.)

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 #48. Reading a Translated Work While Physically in Its Setting (community thread)

Oct 31, 2022 7 Comments

Translated works that you read while you were physically in the setting of the book? Mine is The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy, translated from French into English by Alan Brown, and set in the historically working-class neighborhood of St. Henri in Montreal, Quebec.

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.

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 #30: Vincent van Gogh and the Art of Translation

Jul 29, 2022 2 Comments

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.

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

Jul 15, 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

WAAT #26: On Reviewing Translations

Jul 01, 2022 No Comments

WAAT #24: Language as a Blueprint for Culture

Jun 17, 2022 No Comments

WAAT #22: Translations as Variations on a Theme

Jun 03, 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.

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