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...
by Harriett Press | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog, Book Club, Books, Translated Fiction, Translation Diary, Translators
The Translation Process By Lizzie Buehler When I began translating Korean literature six years ago, I felt very uncertain about the process of translation. I knew that I started with a Korean text, and my goal was to produce an elegant-sounding English equivalent...
by Harriett Press | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog, Book Club, Books, Translated Fiction, Translation Diary, Translators
The Beginning By Stella Kim One of my favorite quotes about translation comes from Umberto Eco: “Translation is the art of failure.” No matter how well something is translated, it can never capture the original text in its entirety. This quote lingers in my head as I...
by Harriett Press | Mar 11, 2021 | Blog, Book Club, Books, Translated Fiction, Translation Diary, Translators
The Rewards of Keeping a Translation Diary By Hannah Pang The idea of keeping a translation diary first took root in my mind when I came across Daniel Hahn’s translation diary on Charco Press’s blog in January this year. Hahn is a British writer, editor and translator...
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