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  • 17/09/2025

When the Translator Becomes the Story: Translators in Contemporary Fiction

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For most of literary history, translators have been invisible. They appear in acknowledgements, if at all, and their labour is…

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  • 13/09/2025

Milena Jesenská: Kafka’s First Translator, Beyond the Lover

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When Franz Kafka’s The Stoker appeared in Czech in 1920, the translation marked a quiet milestone: it was the first…

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  • 11/09/2025

the 2025 National Book Award Longlist for Translated Literature

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The National Book Foundation’s 2025 longlist for Translated Literature spans nine languages and ten countries, offering readers an extraordinary glimpse…

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  • 10/09/2025

Persian Literature in Translation: Reza Ghassemi in English

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Deep Vellum will bring Iranian novelist and musician Reza Ghassemi’s debut work Woodwind Harmony in the Nighttime to English readers…

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  • 04/09/2025

A New Translation of Grave of the Fireflies by Ginny Tapley Takemori

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The first English translation of Akiyuki Nosaka’s Grave of the Fireflies appeared in 1978, when James R. Abrams tried to…

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  • 28/08/2025

Yuki Tejima and the Art of Translating Mizuki Tsujimura

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Mizuki Tsujimura is one of Japan’s most celebrated contemporary authors, with over forty books and several film adaptations. Translator Yuki…

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