Translation – The Modern Novel

On Why I Do Not Give Credit to Translators in My Reviews

20 March 2018 by tmn

There has been a lot of discussion recently by and about translators of novels, the fact that they do not get the credit they deserve and are not recognised. This intelligent article on the subject by Katy Derbyshire, a blogger and translator from the German, is one example. She mentions the sort of things we … Read more

Pen Presents intitiative

12 April 2016 by tmn

English PEN’s PEn Presents Initiative has had the excellent idea of presenting a list of six books, which are all very worthy but have not been translated into English (yet). The six are Ilva Fabiani, an Italian novelist, Kristien Dieltiens, a Belgian young adult novelist, Antonio Orejudo, a Spanish novelist, Ulrike Almut Sandig, a German … Read more