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Anne McLean

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Contributor

Anne McLean

Canada

Anne McLean studied history in London, Ontario, and literary translation in London, England, and now lives in Toronto, where she translates Latin American and Spanish novels, short stories, memoirs, and other writings by authors including Héctor Abad, Javier Cercas, Julio Cortázar, and Juan Gabriel Vásquez.

Articles by Anne McLean

Closeup of a desk globe in a library

Photo by Sandro Gonzalez on Unsplash

In Praise of the Invisible

By Juan Gabriel Vásquez

More than once I have reworked a sentence with its translators in mind: to make it better or clearer, not lazy or self-indulgent: making sure it is worthy of their attention and their talent.

Translated from Spanish by Anne McLean

Multilingual

The Double

By Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Isn’t it strange (the letter said to me), in Spanish there’s no word for what I am.

Translated from Spanish by Anne McLean

Paranoid City

By Mildred Hernández

Inside the trunk was another lifeless body.

Translated from Spanish by Anne McLean

Multilingual

Viva Translation!

By Luis Magrinyà

Translation is and should be a specialized occupation, but that doesn’t mean its natural audience should consist entirely of specialists.

Translated from Spanish by Anne McLean

Multilingual

Social Skills

By Ignacio Martínez de Pisón

The dog, as if she knew they were talking about her, opened her eyes and looked at her owner, who choked back a sob.

Translated from Spanish by Anne McLean

Multilingual

From “Conversations about Soldiers of Salamis”

By Javier Cercas & David Trueba

Spanish writer Javier Cercas and film director David Trueba discuss the ghosts of the Spanish Civil War and the transition to democracy on the occasion of the film adaptation of the novel Soldiers of Salamis.

Translated from Spanish by Anne McLean