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This Sunday, we’re bringing you a selection of pieces about the intricacies of translation. #NewYorkerArchive
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.@ruth_franklin writes about a feminist reimagining of an Old English classic.
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Claudia Roth Pierpont considers the history of English translations of Arabic novels, which offer “a marvellous array of answers to questions we did not know we wanted to ask.”
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.@JiayangFan explores the pitfalls of overly literal translations and examines the œuvre of the Korean novelist Han Kang.
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“The Translation Wars” looks at the legacy of English-language versions of Russian classics.
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Jhumpa Lahiri writes about the act of translation, which asks us to enter “into a more profound relationship with words,” descending with them “to a deeper realm, uncovering layers of alternatives.”
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