http://www.edrants.com/segundo/the-bat-segundo-show-44/ A cultural podcast in tenebrous standing Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.edrants.com/segundo/the-bat-segundo-show-44/comment-page-1/#comment-61047 Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant » Roundup Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:45:31 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/segundo/?p=62#comment-61047 [...] On a related note, Scott observes that the book he voted for — Enrique Vila-Mata’s Montano’s Malady — didn’t make the longlist. I likewise think this is disheartening. And as NBCC Board Member, I hope to draw greater attention to translated titles. It’s bad enough that newspapers frequently ignore non-English titles for review, but the time has come to draw greater attention to the fact that not all books are written in English and that there are translators regularly doing hard and often thankless work, sometimes denied even a mention in book reviews! (For instance, in all the celebration of Roberto Bolaño’s The Savage Detectives, how many of you are aware that Natasha Wimmer translated the book? Wimmer’s name isn’t even on the cover. Thankfully, Scott interviewed Wimmer a few months ago.) For more insights into translation, see the Segundo interviews with translators Betsy Wing and Jordan Stump. And I hope to feature more translators in future Segundo shows. [...] [...] On a related note, Scott observes that the book he voted for — Enrique Vila-Mata’s Montano’s Malady — didn’t make the longlist. I likewise think this is disheartening. And as NBCC Board Member, I hope to draw greater attention to translated titles. It’s bad enough that newspapers frequently ignore non-English titles for review, but the time has come to draw greater attention to the fact that not all books are written in English and that there are translators regularly doing hard and often thankless work, sometimes denied even a mention in book reviews! (For instance, in all the celebration of Roberto Bolaño’s The Savage Detectives, how many of you are aware that Natasha Wimmer translated the book? Wimmer’s name isn’t even on the cover. Thankfully, Scott interviewed Wimmer a few months ago.) For more insights into translation, see the Segundo interviews with translators Betsy Wing and Jordan Stump. And I hope to feature more translators in future Segundo shows. [...]

]]> http://www.edrants.com/segundo/the-bat-segundo-show-44/comment-page-1/#comment-39585 Daniel Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:45:29 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/segundo/?p=62#comment-39585 I couldn't understand some parts of this article Jordan Stump, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting. I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Jordan Stump, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

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