by Harriett Press | Dec 9, 2021 | Blog, Book Club, Books, Translated Fiction, Translators
November 2021 Translated Literature Book Club Meeting Wait, what? He watched as her head started to twist. No, not just her head. Her entire body was turning. He now realised her body had been facing away from him at first, but her head… And now both head and body had...
by Harriett Press | Nov 4, 2021 | Blog, Book Club, Books, Translated Fiction, Translators
October 2021 Translated Literature Book Club Meeting We were supposed to discuss Indonesian writer Intan Paramaditha’s The Wandering in September, but I had to cancel our meeting at the last minute because of my poor health. I guess that gave us more time to explore...
by Harriett Press | Sep 8, 2021 | Blog, Book Club, Books, Translated Fiction, Translators
August 2021 Translated Literature Book Club Meeting I’m so grateful we could meet physically on the one-year anniversary of our book club and over a picnic at the beautiful green space at SMU at that. It was our first picnic and I think we pretty liked the idea...
by Harriett Press | Aug 6, 2021 | Blog, Book Club, Books, Translated Fiction, Translators
July 2021 Translated Literature Book Club Meeting New restrictions kicked in last month because of the rise in COVID-19 cases, so we had to move our book club meeting online again. It was our second online meeting, and I guess we’re slowly getting the hang of...
by Harriett Press | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog, Book Club, Books, Translated Fiction, Translation Diary, Translators
Translation is Impossible By Stella Kim Translation is impossible. That’s what I hear in the back of my head every time I sit down in front of my computer. Today I ponder what to do with Korean words, which, when translated into English, contain names of other...
Recent Comments