Trump’s campaign produced campaign materials in Spanish to reach more voters. Now that he’s president, his White House is going English-only.
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New novel The City and its Uncertain Walls gives its two narrators different words for “I” in Japanese – a nuance that is difficult to translate to English.
Working with Han Kang, I experienced a writer who respected translation as its own process of writing.
Fanon’s famous book was translated to isiZulu by South African writer and scholar Makhosazana Xaba.
I invite you to sample four tasty literary courses that present, for your delectation, the trials and travails of post-war Japanese women.
The best things to watch, visit and read this week, as recommended and analysed by academic experts.
Phrases like ‘climate crisis,’ ‘climate emergency’ or ‘climate justice’ might seem to escalate the urgency, but a large survey shows they don’t help and may actually hurt.
Six brilliant novels from around the world but only one can win.
A study of 736 biological science journals showed only a small fraction are making efforts to foster a multilingual scientific community.
With an adaptation of Chinese bestseller The Three-Body Problem soon to air on Netflix, Josh Stenberg parses the novel and its many themes.
Translation involves more than just transferring words from one language to another. Better translations of study materials can improve both the diversity of study participants and research results.
Machine translation can seem alarmingly good – but it’s still no substitute for human language knowledge.
Mysteries from China, short stories from the Balkans, a French-Morrocan autobiography and more.
Translators work has historically received little acknowledgement.
Latino characters have traditionally been underrepresented in mainstream comics. But Spider-Man’s backstory makes him the perfect superhero to be recast as a minority.
Judges called it a profound novel that asks the contemporary question: what happens to us when our memories disappear?
Reflecting on themes as diverse as motherhood, war, religion and memory, our experts were impressed by the 2023 shortlist.
There is one element that is rarely talked about, despite its pivotal contribution to the success of shows like Squid Game: translation.
When the global press first reported on Prince Harry’s Spare, they were doing so from the Spanish translation – an expert explains the surprisingly significant impact this had on its interpretation.
How do you get a reader in 1930s China to understand what a mince pie is?
Top contributors
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Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor of French and Translation, University of Exeter
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Tutor/Lecturer in English Literature, Dublin City University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for the Humanities and Social Change, University of Cambridge
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Lecturer in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, University of Aberdeen
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AHRC-Techne PhD Candidate, Art and Design History, Kingston University
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Senior Research Associate in the Machine Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
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Full Professor of Translation Psychology and Wellbeing, The Open University
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Postdoctoral research fellow (Forensic Linguistics/ Language and Law), University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting at Macquarie University, Macquarie University
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Professor of African Language Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Assistant Professor of Translation & Transcultural Studies, University of Warwick
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Director:Language Centre, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Philosophy and Intellectual History
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Paul Braterman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Hon. Research Fellow; Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, University of Glasgow