by Harriett Press | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog, Book Club, Books, Translated Fiction, Translation Diary, Translators
The Translation Process 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 (ignoring the fact...
by Harriett Press | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog, Book Club, Books, Translated Fiction, Translation Diary, Translators
The Beginning 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 work on...
by Harriett Press | Mar 11, 2021 | Blog, Book Club, Books, Translated Fiction, Translation Diary, Translators
The Rewards of Keeping a Translation Diary 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 (Portuguese,...
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