April Translation News Roundup
Prizes
Katy Derbyshire has won the prestigious €25,000 Straelen Translator’s Prize(opens in a new tab) for her translation of Clemens Meyer’s Bricks and Mortar.
The Best Translated Book Award longlist(opens in a new tab) includes two titles from Two Lines Press!
Readers are speculating(opens in a new tab) about which titles will win the Best Translated Book Award.
The Man Booker International Prize shortlist(opens in a new tab).
Isabel Fargo Cole is one of three finalists for the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize(opens in a new tab) for her translation of Wolfgang Hilbig’s Old Rendering Plant.
The 2018 DUBLIN Literary Award shortlist.(opens in a new tab)
News
You can now stream the filmed stage adaption of Bolaño’s 2666 for free online!(opens in a new tab)
The 2018 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship applications(opens in a new tab) are now open through May 13.
Trouble at the Nobel Prize.(opens in a new tab)
When students use Google Translate.(opens in a new tab)
Reading List
Christina MacSweeney was profiled(opens in a new tab) in the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Kate Briggs asks how we ought to judge translations.(opens in a new tab)
A deeper look(opens in a new tab) at Chris Clarke’s translation of Marcel Schwob’s Imaginary Lives.
A great review(opens in a new tab) of Marie NDiaye’s My Heart Hemmed In in the Chicago Review.
Aaron Coleman on translating poetry(opens in a new tab): “I think we all want to have translation work as a process of reproduction, but it’s really a process of transformation.”
Esther Allen writes about Zama(opens in a new tab): both Antonio Di Benedetto’s classic novel, which she translated, and Lucrecia Martel’s recent film adaptation.
In light of Sergio Pitol’s death this month, it’s worth re-reading Valeria Luiselli’s piece on the late Mexican writer(opens in a new tab).
The first installment(opens in a new tab) of Lori Feathers’ bimonthly series of translated book recommendations, new and old.
Interviewing George Simenon’s translators.(opens in a new tab)
An interview(opens in a new tab) with Mario Vargas Llosa.
Upcoming Events
May 30–June 2 | The San Francisco Silent Film Festival!(opens in a new tab)
