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The variety of jobs is a bliss in freelance translation. Most of the times, that is. List of projects for this week: 1. Translate a legal document for a real estate dispute. 2. Translate a cooking site for a well known Greek chef 3. Translate  an exciting new book in Lauren Kate’s Fallen series – Fallen…

 Blood Red Road is my last translation project: Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That’s fine by her, as long as her beloved twin brother Lugh is around. But…

I have recently read (and loved) Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, a highly violent and addictive adventure which can be read by young (or not) adults. It was a book I literally couldn’t put down before I finished it – I took it to friends’ houses, the beach, even to a restaurant! And all this…

After publishing Passion, a few months earlier (see trailer below), Random House has announced the acquisition of another book, named Fallen In Love, which will precede the programmed fourth book, Rapture. See here for the announcement and a lovely tour in the world of Fallen Angels: http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/fallen/home.php See the trailer for PASSION here: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uVB1AdvvV4I] Lauren Kate’s…

Thanks to  Kelly Dim who posted this from the 2011 Frankfurt Bookfair

ΟΙ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΤΕΣ ΤΟΥΣ Είναι κοινός τόπος ότι ο μεταφραστής είναι ο καλύτερος αναγνώστης ενός έργου. Ο πιο προσεκτικός, αυτός που διερμηνεύει το κείμενο και τη συγγραφική πρόθεση (αν αυτή μπορεί και πρέπει να διερμηνευτεί), αυτός που εντάσσει όσο το δυνατόν καλύτερα το κείμενο στα φυσικά του συμφραζόμενα, προκειμένου να το αποσπάσει εν…

…right where I would love to be!