• On Translation

    Language

    Reveling in the Untranslatable: On the Beauty and Complexity of the German Language

    By Jude Stewart  February 9, 2023
    On Translation

    Two of the Best Translators in the Business Are Married (to Each Other) and Up For the Same Literary Award

    By Jonny Diamond  February 8, 2023
    Diaries

    “What Excuse Do I Have for Having Written Nothing Yet Today? None.” Glimpses Into Kafka’s Workshop

    By Ross Benjamin  January 10, 2023
    On Translation

    On Translation and the (Temporary) Inheritance of Trauma

    By Yardenne Greenspan  January 4, 2023
    On Translation

    Why Turgenev Remains One of the Most Important Russian Writers (And Why You Should Read the Constance Garnett Translation)

    By Josh Billings  December 19, 2022
    Authors in the Tent

    Dora Diamant, the Amazing Woman Who Captured Kafka’s Heart

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 15, 2022
    So Many Damn Books

    Alison Watts: The Life of a Translator and Reading for Fun When Your Job is in the Literary World

    By So Many Damn Books  December 13, 2022
    Best of 2022

    The Best Reviewed Literature in Translation of 2022

    By Book Marks  December 9, 2022
    African Literature

    #ReadingAfrica: Five Writers and Publishers Discuss the Continent’s Boundless Literary Landscape

    By Literary Hub  December 8, 2022
    Short Stories

    “The Cat Thief” by Son Bo-mi, Translated by Janet Hong

    By Son Bo-mi and Janet Hong  November 8, 2022
    News and Culture

    On the Interpreters Whose Words Directed Chinese and British History

    By Henrietta Harrison  October 12, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Polina Barskova on How We Cope with Experiences That Defy Comprehension

    By The Virtual Book Channel  October 6, 2022
    Nobel Prize?

    Some Predictions For Who (Should) Win the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

    By Lavanya Krishnan and Sandeep Bethanabhotla  September 30, 2022
    Poetry

    The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

    By Chiara Barzini  September 28, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Emma Ramadan on Translating Marguerite Duras’s Panics

    By The Virtual Book Channel  September 28, 2022
    Ukrainian Literature

    On the Richness of Isaac Babel’s Odessa

    By Isaac Babel  September 27, 2022
    On Translation

    Translating in Tandem: A Reading List of Collaborative Translated Literature

    By Daniel Hahn and Lisa Dillman  September 27, 2022
    On Translation

    Jhumpa Lahiri on Michael F. Moore’s Translation of Alessandro Manzoni’s The Betrothed

    By Jhumpa Lahiri  September 13, 2022
    Write-minded

    Mychal Denzel Smith on How to Have an Opinion in Memoir

    By Write-minded   September 12, 2022
    On Translation

    Do We Need a Support Group? How Translation Can—and Should—Be a Collective Effort

    By Michele Hutchison  September 8, 2022
    Literary Criticism

    Trauma Spoken and Unspoken: How Francophone Women Writers Tackle Sexual Violence

    By Dr. Dominique Carlini-Versini  September 2, 2022
    The Hub

    A young Russian soldier has written a scathing account of Putin’s inept war.

    By Jonny Diamond  August 18, 2022
    Ukraine

    “No freedom in these ruins.” Four Poems of War by Marianna Kiyanovska

    By Literary Hub  August 12, 2022
    Philosophy

    Tarek Abi Samra on Stealing Kant From a Bookstore

    By Tarek Abi Samra and Lina Mounzer  August 8, 2022
    On Translation

    Breaking Down the Translation Pyramid: On Translating Dhumketu’s Pioneering Short Stories from Gujarati

    By Jenny Bhatt  August 1, 2022
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