Read These Women in Translation Now
In celebration of Women in Translation Month, Translationista invited a number of publishers to select one book each by a female author to be offered as part of a… More
Seminar on the Extermination of Rats
"A thick wall as though a bag of rubbery rocks had been emptied from the roof now rolled in from every side in a rumble of tiny legs, squeaking,… More
Women in Translation Month: Moving Toward Parity
If our reading skews overwhelmingly male, we miss out on what half the world has to say, in terms of both story and style. More
Women in Translation Month: Books by Women That Have Won the PEN Translation Prize
This year, as a contribution to Women in Translation Month, created by Meytal Radzinski in 2014, the PEN America Translation Committee presents a series of blog posts featuring books written by… More
Amazon’s Author Central a Boon for Translators, Too
Translation Committee member Lara Vergnaud takes you through the step-by-step process of setting up an Author Page on Amazon.com. More
How to Break into Translation: A Report on the Bridge Series Panel
Lyn Miller-Lachmann reports on the first panel in the four-part Bridge Series on translation, co-sponsored by the Center for Fiction and PEN America. More
three arches : böbrach
Sophie Seita is the recipient of a 2015 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant for her translation of poetry by German poet Uljana Wolf. More
A Love Letter to Brazilian Modernism: On Translating Veronica Stigger
Brazilian writer Veronica Stigger's award-winning debut novel is a groundbreaking work of world-class fiction by an author unknown in the English-speaking world. More
Opisanie swiata
With her translation, Perry introduces the English-speaking world to the stunning debut novel by a young writer on the cutting-edge of Brazilian literature. More
Introducing the Literature of Madagascar: On Translating Naivo
Despite wide academic interest in post-colonial Francophone literature, English speakers currently have almost no exposure to this beautiful and distinct segment of African culture. More
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