It’s Women in Publishing (“Bücherfrauen“) Germany’s 25th anniversary this year. There is a big celebration coming up at the Frankfurt Book Fair this week, and here is my tribute to this great network. First I woul like to clarify something: I don’t want any men to freak out and think with an organization like […]
What Do Translators Want?
I have had interesting discussions with other translators following my last article and Joanna Penn’s interview with me on her blog, therefore I am now writing a bit more about creative translations. Most of the literary translators I have talked to really like their work and none of them has been in it for the […]
“Translation Is Like Housework…
…it is only visible if it has been badly done.” Pieke Biermann, German literary translator and author, said this in an interview many years ago and there is a lot of truth in the statement. In a way, being invisible is actually required. The translation should be a good read in the same way as […]