Okay, so in this second part of my translated fiction post, I will be looking at what publishers, agents and translators can do to bring foreign fiction to us English-speaking readers. Let’s hope it’s something, because things weren’t looking too good in part 1! So, publishers. They are tricky because they are to be credited with publishing […]
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Translated fiction – where is it? Part 1
Back in November 2011, I wrote about the popularity of translations in English. In my next two posts, I’ll look in greater depth into whether they really are unpopular, and what can be done to increase the number of translations published in English. So… Where is all the translated fiction? Well, the short answer is, […]
Pros and Cons of Subtitled Films
As a sort of companion piece to last week’s post on the popularity of foreign books, I thought today I’d write about foreign films. I’ll put forward my reasons for and against watching foreign films, and hopefully we can get some more reasons in the comments. 🙂 Then I’ll take a look at why foreign […]
The popularity of translated literature in English
Next Tuesday, a series of workshops and discussions on translating children’s literature is taking place in London (click here for details). One of the workshops, translating extracts from Hans Christian Andersen’s stories, caught my eye because I love Hans Christian Andersen, and have done ever since I saw the biopic starring Danny Kaye when I […]