Huge congratulations to Alice Olsson who is shortlisted for the Bernard Shaw Prize for her translation of THE HERD by Johan Anderberg! 🎉

Crazy thought (who am I) but do I know anyone with experience of pitching a story/translation to the New Yorker (fiction)?

Colleagues in the US! I’m looking for information about the going rates for translation among US publishers. I know there’s a whole thing about price fixing but any pointers are most welcome. So far, I’ve found the 2017 Authors Guild survey. 🤓

Translators of Twitter! I want your best thoughts on (not?) translating dialect. What do you do? What have you read on the topic that was inspiring/helpful? Thanks!

The only two vibes are “Feeling too depressed to do things” and “realizing death is inevitable and I have to do more things immediately”

How is this not a genre already?

Read. This. Thread.

annehelen.substack.com/p/the-expandin…

We are delighted to announce the #2022InternationalBooker Shortlist! Congratulations to all six sets of authors and translators. Click here to read more about the six shortlisted books and the people who created them: thebookerprizes.com/IBP2022 #shortlist

Is this the coda?

leaving academia is always difficult but i think will smith made the right decision

🚨GOOD NEWS!🚨

time for translators to go goblin mode

Calling all sailors! What do you call the thing you moor your sailboat to? Jetty, dock, or something else? And what English do you speak (UK, US, etc)? Thanks!! ⛵️

Same 🤷🏼‍♀️

“In war, mourning the loss of art, be it actual or anticipated, is not separate from mourning for the senseless disruption and destruction of human life. To live is to build, to repair, to illuminate, to leave traces in the fabric of time and space.”

Tolstoy canceled 🤦‍♂️ thetimes.co.uk/article/war-in…

I don’t care about the “meanings” of “words” I’m out here translating ~~~vibes~~~