A Chinese pirated version of George W. Bush’s memoir, Decision Points, sparked controversy about its authenticity what is lost in the Chinese translation.
Is the Power Balance in Translation Shifting Away from English?
As the US and UK publishers anticipate selling e-books abroad, publishers are focusing on translating books from their close economic neighbors instead.
Brazil Commits $7.5m to “The Internationalization of Brazilian Literature”
By the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair the Brazilian government wants to have funded the translation of 250 Brazilian books into foreign languages.
Book Review: Kamchatka by Marcelo Figueras (Argentina)
Kamchatka, a novel by Marcelo Figueras, is an intriguing fictional first-person remembrance of childhood in Argentina during the Dirty War (1976-1983).
PEN Translation Fund Grant Announces 11 Recipients for 2011
PEN has selected 11 projects out of 130 submitted to fund for translation.
One in 1.3 Billion: The Phenomenon of China’s Han Han
Race car-driving author Han Han is seen as the voice of China’s young generation and read by 300 million people, but will what he represents be lost in translation?
Why Haven’t More Asian Authors Attracted a Global Audience?
Is it a problem with a lack of translations from Asia? Cultural bias? Or simple lack of interest?
Book Review: Stone Upon Stone by Mysliwski Wieslaw (Poland)
This 500+ page novel will reward the patient reader with a remarkably detailed understanding of post -WWII life in rural Poland.
New Translation Funding Available for German-language Fiction
New Books in German announces new initiative with the German Book Office and Goethe-Institut to provide translation funding for German literature.
Bookselling in Denmark: Prioritizing English Over German, Nonfiction Over Novels?
A visit to bookstores in Copenhagen reveals a bias toward America and the UK rather than, as one might expect, Denmark’s neighbor Germany.