Sunday 22 July to Friday 27 July* The programme will include workshops translating from French, German, Japanese and Spanish into English. For the first time we will also be offering workshops translating from Norwegian into English and from Dutch into English. Further programme information will be added as details are confirmed so please sign up for our e-newsletter…
Today I’m translating a book set in downtown Manhattan… Makes me feel as though I’m really there enjoying lattes and bagels, strolling in Central Park and walking down Park Avenue photos via google images
Κι η ποίηση είναι σα ν’ ανεβαίνεις μια φανταστική σκάλα για να κόψεις ένα ρόδο αληθινό. Τ. Λειβαδίτης
There are many difficulties when translating food and beverage texts and there are many types of difficulties: 1. The very rare source word….. Pitsu parsley sauce (source text: Πιτσού Μαϊντανού) 2. The… ungooglable source word: (1 hit in Google Greece), impossible to find in any latin transcription (I tried countless versions before I found the…
Some times the most seemingly unrelated things entwine in your brain like one big colorful tangle you can no way make out. It happens with song lyrics, poems, even ad jingles or these gross Jumbo ads that play on the radio all the time, like a brain deja-pense (thought equivalent to deja-vu) that tumbles in…
Hosted in a website called, The Omnivore, The Hatchet Job of the Year Award is for the writer of the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past twelve months. It aims to “raise the profile of professional critics and to promote honesty and wit in literary journalism”. Novelist and nominee Geoff Dyer met…
New York – poetry in motion. In New York city you have to be well read to avoid getting crashed (and crushed) by passing traffic. This new programm , launched in the end of 2011 and called “Curbside Haiku,” is a DOT safety education and public art campaign launched in November 2011. A set of…
Translation is undeniably a type of mind labor that calls for focus and miminum distractions. This is why i find it astonishingly difficult to work in cafeterias and other outdoor places -even my own home, with… my full fridge, my books, and the laundry- for more than a few hours. Everything can be distracting in…
Casual Friday – Reading Wish List Το μοναδικό μυθιστόρημα του Γ. Σεφέρη είδα ότι θα κυκλοφορήσει στην εφημερίδα ΒΗΜΑ αυτή την Κυριακή και αποφάσισα να το ξαναδιαβάσω – έχει περάσει άλλωστε πολύς καιρός από την πρώτη φορά που το ανακάλυψα σε ένα από τα αγαπημένα μου βιβλιοπωλεία της Θεσσαλονίκης, το Λοξία.
A lot of virtual ink has been shed on how and why do social media influence our way of living – and doing business. I came accross many interesting aforisms on new media while researching for a new project and I’m sharing them here. Some are widely known, some very quirky and some really…
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