Introducing a new resource list (podcasts) and re-sharing some earlier ones for newer readers.
WAAT #56. Resource Lists for Literary Translation, Language, and Linguistics
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We Are All Translators newsletter focusing on the art and craft of literary translation
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 #54. Reader Question on Book Promotion (Part 2)
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
This is the first newsletter of 2023. Happy New Year. Here's part one of my response to a reader's question about the publicity and promotion of literary translation works.
52. 2022 Practice in Review
This is the last newsletter of 2022. Here's a recap of some highlights and an invitation for you to join me in an annual word-of-the-year exercise.
51. Nature + Nurture + ?
A reader asked, "How do I know if I have it in me to become a good literary translator?" In my response, I got into the deeply divisive nature and nurture discussion.
50. WAAT Session: Nick Glastonbury on elevating translations from underrepresented languages/cultures
The WAAT Sessions is a new series of video conversations about literary translation. 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, his award-winning translation of Sema Kaygusuz’s Every Fire You Tend, being a jury member and then jury chair for the PEN/Heim Translation Grant, his recent favorite translated works, and more.
49. WAAT Links: The Trick of Translation
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.
48. #WAATQ (community thread)
As I'm traveling, instead of the usual biweekly links roundup, I'm asking for 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. Both the book and the translation also have interesting stories. Read on.
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.