Will Schwalbe, founder of Hyperion East, talks to Pacific Rim Voices about the business of publishing literature in translation. It’s a fascinating look at how the editors and publishers really think of publishing books translated from other languages. I agree with how there is too little international literature being published and read in America right now, I guess we have our work cut out for us.
Pacific Rim Voices’ Interview with Will Schwalbe
July 29, 2008 at 11:29 am (Translation, commercial)
Tags: literature, publishing, Translation
Clever Brand Name Translation: Anessa
July 21, 2008 at 2:16 pm (Translation, commercial)
Tags: brand, commercial, Translation
Shiseido Anessa = 安耐晒
A Better Sentence?
July 12, 2008 at 8:24 pm (Language)
Tags: Work in Progress
Should I translate
我在那里为谁过着他们不知道的童年。
as “Whose childhood was I living in? A childhood that no one knows. “
OR
“Whose unknown childhood was I living in?”
The second version is more succinct.
