Hello, I found this article featuring last year's ATA Gaddis Rose Lecture, Edith Grossman: ...
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SusanWelsh
welsh.susan
Apr 13, 2010 1:48 pm
I am a new member of the ATA LD, so first let me introduce myself. I translate DE-EN and RU-EN, and am not a literary translator (although I would love to be,...
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LisaC
inspiraciona...
Apr 14, 2010 8:17 pm
Hi Susan, It's nice to meet you - virtually at least - and thanks for getting the ball rolling on this list. Hopefully others will come forward to introduce...
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SusanWelsh
welsh.susan
Apr 18, 2010 12:50 pm
Hello, all, For my article on Edith Grossman's book, I would like to find some statistics on literary translators' incomes in the U.S. On Proz.com last year, a...
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catolik58
Apr 26, 2010 9:27 pm
The essay is humorous, but imagine what it may be like to realize that a work carefully crafted by you is being radically misinterpreted by speakers of a...
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Said Abouharia
said.abouharia
Apr 26, 2010 10:36 pm
That was a piece of art. Â All I can say is that I feel bad for the author. Â ________________________________ From: "SJZiobro@..." <SJZiobro@...> To:...
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biadesalles@...
Apr 27, 2010 6:54 am
I think it is a great idea! Sincerely, Beatrice Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with Nextel Direct Connect ... From: "mmaynesworth"...
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catolik58
Apr 27, 2010 8:52 pm
Somebody has suggested that members of this august group share their views on working with foreign authors. I'd be greatly interested in this endeavor. Stan ...
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Steven Capsuto
stevecaps
Apr 27, 2010 11:32 pm
Many years ago, the author Isaac Bashevis Singer was on a panel about literary translation. He explained why he always worked personally with his translators...
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Said Abouharia
said.abouharia
Apr 28, 2010 1:09 am
It will definitely be a good experience. I read one of the translation works of Hemingway's novella, The Old Man and the Sea, in Arabic. I think Hemingway...
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Mercedes Guhl
mercedesguhl
Apr 28, 2010 3:17 pm
 Thanks for the link to the essay. I think it brings up all sorts of thoughts. Perhaps Bashevis Singer idea, quoted by Steven, underlines the most important...
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Gilles Dignard
gdignard
Apr 28, 2010 3:55 pm
... The above sentence can be true for a short text. When it comes to a large document (30,000 words +), it is always possible to find another way of saying...
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Steven Capsuto
stevecaps
Apr 28, 2010 4:21 pm
I'm not sure if anyone's posted this to the list yet (if they have, I must have missed it): "Why translators deserve some credit" It's time to acknowledge...
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Mercedes Guhl
mercedesguhl
Apr 28, 2010 4:36 pm
 Yes, Gilles, you are absolutely right. What I said is true for a specific problem within a text and does not hold for a whole novel. Unfortunately, our...
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Said Abouharia
said.abouharia
Apr 28, 2010 5:33 pm
Thank you Steven for posting the article. It is very interesting. ________________________________ From: Steven Capsuto <stevecap@...> To:...
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Andy Klatt
andyk5151
Apr 29, 2010 2:03 pm
_____ Spanish to English Young Translators Prize http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/about-us/harvill-secker/harvill_secker_young_ translators_prize/...
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Andy Klatt
andyk5151
Apr 30, 2010 12:37 pm
If the link did not work on my previous email: A unique opportunity for a young translator... In honour of Harvill Secker’s centenary in 2010, celebrating...
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milliestoff2@...
milliestoff...
May 1, 2010 2:51 pm
Thank you for the great link! Millie ... From: Andy Klatt <andyk@...> To: ATA-LD_Listserve@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, Apr 29, 2010 10:02 am Subject:...
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LisaC
inspiraciona...
May 5, 2010 2:38 pm
Fellow translators, I have just posted an interview you might find of interest at my blog, http://intralingo.com/html/blog.html Daína Chaviano, a...
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catolik58
May 7, 2010 8:58 pm
Lisa, Thank you for the link. This was both interesting and a help as a type of fruitful collaborative model. What a rare authoress. Stan ... From: LisaC...
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LisaC
inspiraciona...
May 8, 2010 12:42 pm
Glad you enjoyed the interview, Stan. Daina certainly does have a wonderful approach when it comes to working with her translators. Perhaps this is due in part...
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ebodeux
May 10, 2010 2:58 am
Does anyone know if there are international versions of the Writer's Market, the "Bible" of info on US publishers for writer's (and translators) looking to get...
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Gilles Dignard
gdignard
May 10, 2010 1:07 pm
Eve, Thanks! Useful site. I find some of the numbers surprising: China 185, France 302, Canada 483. Shifts are to be expected I suppose. Gilles Dignard ... ...
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ebodeux
May 13, 2010 1:08 am
Thanks, Lisa - always enjoy your site and this article was very interesting. And, I ordered The Island of Eternal Love in English after reading it, and it...
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Lisa Carter
inspiraciona...
May 13, 2010 12:18 pm
Thanks for your message, Eve! Really glad you were inspired to buy the novel; I'm sure you'll enjoy reading it on your trip. Like you, I'm dreaming of a trip...
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ebodeux
May 14, 2010 9:02 pm
Since no one seems to know about any books like this, I am going to research this in French libraries (in Paris - yay!) on my upcoming trip and will let you...
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emiliabalke
May 23, 2010 6:16 pm
I just came accross this article. Digital publishing seems to be coming in a big way. ...
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LisaC
inspiraciona...
May 24, 2010 11:49 am
Yes! It's quite the news that Amazon is getting into publishing translations, isn't it? Thought you might also be interested in this blog entry by Chad Post at...
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Eve Lindemuth Bodeux
ebodeux
May 24, 2010 3:56 pm
I read the WSJ article before the blog post noted below, and had already copied this section to comment about from the WSJ article (and this same point is...
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Eve Lindemuth Bodeux
ebodeux
May 24, 2010 3:59 pm
P.S. In re-reading my comment I want to clarify that I know it is not Chad Post who is saying that translators are expensive, but the WSJ.... ... From:...
