Category Archives: foreign languages

Translation: 2012

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

It is traditional to sit down, at the junction of years, and look back at memorable events that have occurred in the previous twelve months. So, for what it’s worth, here are my top translation-related events for 2012. Books read: … Continue reading →

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La Mandragola

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

Yesterday evening the Italian Cultural Institute of Edinburgh sponsored a screening of Malachi Bogdanov’s film The Mandrake Root.  It was presented by Dr Davide Messina from the Italian Department of the University of Edinburgh and followed by a question session … Continue reading →

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A cheer for the Casa delle Traduzioni in Rome

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

An information-packed newsletter from the Translators’ Association of the Society of Authors just arrived in the inbox.  Among other translation-relation riches was this snippet: “23 June 2011 saw the inauguration in Rome of the Casa delle Traduzioni (‘House of Translations’). … Continue reading →

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World Book Night 2011 and Happy Birthday Gabo!

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Most of my own little box of World Book Night books went in a trice.  Yesterday I picked up 48 copies of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera, in Edith Grosmann’s brilliant translation.  It’s exciting that this … Continue reading →

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