25 ‘Rules’ for Translating Poetry from Popescu Shortlistees
David Colmer was born in Adelaide in 1960. Since moving to Amsterdam in the early 1990s, he has published a wide range of translations of Dutch literature, including the brilliant, […]
On Translation
LAF Presentation on Arabic-English Translation…and a Little More Sunshine
Presenters Alice Guthrie (left) and Alexandra Büchler present the Literature Across Frontiers report on Arabic-English translation in the U.K. (1990-2010).
LAF Report on Arabic-English Translation Online, Event Tonight
The Literature Across Frontiers report “Literary Translation from Arabic into English in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 1990 – 2010” is now available to download on the LAF website.
18 More ‘Rules’ for Translation: From Spanish-English Translators Andrea Labinger and Lisa Carter
Andrea G. Labinger is Professor of Spanish Emerita at the University of La Verne. She has published numerous translations of Latin American prose fiction. Her most recent publications include a […]
Will ‘Post-9/11 Era’ Go Down as a Good Thing for Arabic Lit (in Translation)?
The first time I interviewed translator Humphrey Davies, back in the fall of 2009 (as I recall, a long Q&A where my recorder batteries went dead mid-way), Davies spoke of September 2001 as a positive marker for Arabic literature.
22 More Rules for Translators: Translating Children’s Books and Translating into ‘Small’ Languages
Fatima Sharafeddine is an award-winning children’s book writer—her YA novel, Faten, won first prize at the 2010 Beirut Book Fair. She has written and published more than 45 books, and […]
17 More Rules for Translators from Tiina Nunnally and Ibrahim Muhawi
Award-winning translator Tiina Nunnally has translated over 50 books from the Scandinavian languages. Ibrahim Muhawi was this year’s winner of the PEN translation prize for his beautiful translation of Mahmoud Darwish’s Journal of an Ordinary Grief.
Update on Harvill-Secker Translation Award
Judge Briony Everroad, an editor at Harvill Secker, said that they received “about 92 entries in the end.” That’s down considerably from last year, when they received 230 for the Spanish-English translation of”‘El Hachazo” by Matías Néspolo.
One Minute with Hala Salah Eldin Hussein on Translating from English into Arabic
Hala Salah Eldin Hussein is Albawtaka Review editor and general manager of Albawtaka Publishing House. Albawtaka Review is an Arabic independent (non-governmental) non-profit online quarterly concerned with translating English short fiction into Arabic.