Posts tagged with translation

Nov 7 2018

Rest in peace, Ms. Bell

I ran across this obituary of translator Anthea Bell recently, and it took me a while to remember why I knew Ms. Bell's name. It turns out I'd spent a lot of time complaining about her in 2012, while I was wondering...

Jan 18 2018

Word swap

There's an interesting article in the Guardian about the translation of Han Kang's award-winning Korean novel The Vegetarian. It's been difficult for English-reading critics to assess the novel, as the translation seems to feature both basic errors and tonal changes...