December 2011
13 posts
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Dec 30th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 24th
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“Over my thirty years in Italy I have often been told by uninitiated English...”
– Tim Parks, ‘Translating in the Dark’ JD
Dec 22nd
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A Year in Reading: Jean Christophe Valtat →
Valtat writes: The best things I read this year have not yet been translated into English. One was Il tempo materiale, by Gorgio Vasta. First published in 2010 in Italy, Il tempo materiale tells the story of Sicilian schoolkids in the late 70s, who, fascinated by the Red Brigades’ rhetoric, take it as a guideline for their everyday lives… . And if you do not mind that your reading comes ...
Dec 21st
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The first PETRA conference took place this December, bringing together literary translators from the whole of Europe. Read notes from the conference here. EJ
Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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Shortlist for the 2012 DSC Prize for South Asian... →
The winner will be announced on January 21, 2012. EJ
Dec 18th
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“Western Europe owes its civilization to translators.”
– Louis Kelly, The True Interpreter EJ
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 13th
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“Je m’apercevais que ce livre essentiel, le seul livre vrai, un grand écrivain...”
– Marcel Proust LYL
Dec 12th
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Dec 2nd
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