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NYC Event: An Evening with Leonardo Padura, February 26
By Rohan Kamicheril
Where: 61 Local, 61 Bergen Street, BrooklynWhen: February 26, 7 PMIn The Man Who Loved Dogs, Leonardo Padura explores one of the most compelling and complex political plots of the last century—the…
From the Translator: The “I” in Communism
By Sora Kim-Russell & Jamie Chang
North or South? Whether you’re Korean-American or an expat living in South Korea, it’s the question everyone wants to ask you. Which Korea are you from? Which Korea are you living in? It’s usually answered…
The Week in Translation
By Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren
what: French Literature in the Making: Jérôme Ferrariwhere: Maison Français of NYUwhen: Monday, February 24, 7pmmore info: http://ow.ly/tsHQ2what: French Literature Night…
From the Translator: Tintin in the Land of Foreign Affairs
By Edward Gauvin
In 2006, Tom McCarthy claimed that the pages of Tintin contained the secret of literature; in 2010, Abel Lanzac and Christophe Blain declared that Tintin held the secret of making a good political speech.Invoking…
The City and the Writer: In Havana with Leonardo Padura
By Nathalie Handal
If each city is like a game of chess, the day when I have learned the rules, I shall finally possess my empire, even if I shall never succeed in knowing all the cities it contains.—Italo Calvino,…
Name the Translator
By Lucas Klein
Recently two of my Facebook friends posted links to reviews of their work that neither named nor noticed them. This would be inconceivable if my friends were authors, film or stage actors, or artists,…
The Week in Translation
By Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren
what: French Literature in the Making: Jérôme Ferrariwhere: Maison Français of NYUwhen: Monday, February 24, 7pmmore info: http://ow.ly/tsHQ2what: French Literature Night…
Fellowships for Chinese Poetry & Translation at The Vermont Studio Center
By Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren
what: 2014 VSC/Luce Foundation Chinese Poetry & Translation FellowshipsSix awards for outstanding poets living anywhere in the world whose primary language is Chinese. These awards include roundtrip…
The Week in Translation
By Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren
what: Kafka Translated: A panel discussion on translating Kafka with Michelle Woods, Mark Harman (translator of The Castle and Amerika), Susan Bernofsky (translator…
A Comment on “Viva Translation”
By Margaret Carson
Luis Magrinyà's essay “Viva Translation,” translated by Anne McLean and published in our current issue, prompted this response from translator Margaret Carson. We invite…
New in French: Léonora Miano’s “La Saison de l’Ombre”
By Mathilde Billaud-Walker
La Saison de l’ombre is set during the height of the slave trade, in the sub-Saharan village of Mulongo. It is the moving story of the villagers’ struggle to cope with the shocking kidnapping…
The City and the Writer: In Amman with Deema Dabis
By Nathalie Handal
If each city is like a game of chess, the day when I have learned the rules, I shall finally possess my empire, even if I shall never succeed in knowing all the cities it contains.—Italo Calvino,…
A place to hang our hats (and shelve our books)
It's been one month since we moved into the very first Words without Borders office space. We’re thrilled to be sharing an office with the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) in…
Looking in the Wrong Direction: An Interview with Jordan Stump
By Bud Parr
Jordan Stump has translated many authors from the French including Marie Redonnet, Eric Chevillard, and Honoré de Balzac. His translation of The Jardin des Plantes by Claude Simon won the 2001…
The Week in Translation
By Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren
what: French Voices Awards Ceremony and Homage to André Shiffrinwhere: French Embassy, 972 Fifth Ave, New Yorkwhen: February 6th, 2014 at 7 pmmore info: http://ow.ly/t55vzwhat: The…
February 2014 The Girls Of Nizhny Novgorod Victoria Lomasko Preview Cropped
The “Girls” of Nizhny Novgorod
By Victoria Lomasko
It's the cops who make legalization necessary.
Translated by Thomas Campbell
February 2014 Hadar Reuven The Sugar Expert Preview
The Sugar Expert
By Hadar Reuven
They reached the streetlight every time, except once.
Translated by Hadar Reuven & Shachar Galek
Apartment in Bab el-Louk
The Apartment in Bab el-Louk
By Donia Maher & Ganzeer
Outside your window, Cairo's nooks and crannies are lonely and forsaken, like a deserted crime scene.
Translated from Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette
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I Am a Communist
By Kun-woong Park
In February of 1949, police officers stormed in without warning.
Translated by Sora Kim-Russell & Jamie Chang
Weapons of Mass Diplomacy
By Abel Lanzac & Christophe Blain
Look, seriously, he's gonna make you rewrite it ten times.
Translated by Edward Gauvin
Modotti: A Woman of the Twentieth Century
By Ángel De la Calle
The epitaph on her tombstone was written by Pablo Neruda.
Translated by Matt Madden
Hysteric Behavior #3
By Dan Allon
It's actually nice to talk to strangers.
Translated by G. H. Freedman
The General
By Nicolas Wild
It's the good stuff. Afghani.
Translated by Edward Gauvin
Jeanine
By Matthias Picard
That night, it was a Ford that stopped.
Translated by Edward Gauvin
Spirit Summoning, Part IV
By Sakumi Tayama
“They say that virgins make the best mediums so you don’t need to worry about me.”
Translated from Japanese by Mark Gibeau
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
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True Stories from Faraway Places: Paweł Smoleński and Polish Literary Reportage
Paweł Smoleński’s “Painting the Occupation” is a great example of what I love about Polish literary reportage. Through the story of Suleiman Shakir, a famous Kurdish painter…
The City and the Writer: In Guatemala City with David Unger
By Nathalie Handal
If each city is like a game of chess, the day when I have learned the rules, I shall finally possess my empire, even if I shall never succeed in knowing all the cities it contains. —Italo Calvino,…
Translator Relay: Danuta Borchardt
By Danuta Borchardt
What is your connection to the language(s) you translate from and/or the place(s) where the books you translate are written?I translate from the Polish, which is my native tongue. The books were written…
Asymptote’s Third Anniversary: The State of Translation
By Alisha Kaplan
Despite the onset of winter storm Janus, the Housing Works Bookstore Café was packed on January 21 for Asymptote’s third anniversary event, “The State of Translation.”Asymptote…