Literature in Translation

How Bibles Make Mistakes

Lev Raphael | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Bible, Bible Translations, King James Bible, Hebrew Bible, Literature in Translation, Scripture Commentary, Bible Mistranslation, English Bible Translations, Misunderstanding the Bible, Understanding the Bible, King James Bible Translation, Religion News
Lev Raphael

Is there a country in the world where people quote the Bible as much as we do here in America? But what are we quoting?

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Development Work Includes Literary Translation? You Sure?

Ming Holden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolivia, Literature, Literary Culture, Mongolia, International Development, Literature in Translation, Inner Mongolia, Globalization, Intercultural Exchange, World News
Ming Holden

In order to explain the importance of literary work to the broader project of social justice, international exchange, and democracy, I might need to s...

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Two Amazing Thrillers for Your Holiday Gift List

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Anti-Semitism, Nazis, Thrillers, Switzerland, Books, Literature in Translation, Novels, Holocaust, Mysteries, Hitler, Gifts, Serial Killers, Books News
Lev Raphael

If you're looking to surprise book lovers on your gift list, you can't do better than giving them two paperback thrillers by Jacques Chessex. Never h...

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Madame Bovary: The Exquisite Corpse

Joe Woodward | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Madame Bovary, Literary Biography, Literature in Translation, Novels, Gustave-Flaubert-Madame-Bovary, Commericialism, Lydia Davis, Biography, Books News
Joe Woodward

As I've been reading this new Davis translation of Madame Bovary, familiar feelings have come rushing back to me. I always hope things will turn out differently, and this translation is no exception.

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Foreign Language, Foreign Land: Reading My Book in a New Language

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Publishing, Language, Book Publishing, Books News, Germany, Books, Author Readings, Memoir, Book Tours, Translation, Bookstores, German, Literature in Translation, East Germany, Books News
Lev Raphael

I'm just back from a book tour of over two weeks in Germany where I did something I never dreamed of doing: I read from my new memoir in German.

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Independence Day: 15 Feisty Small Presses And The Books You're Going To Want From Them (PHOTOS)

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Presses, Experimental Poetry, Large Publishers, Independent Presses, Reading, University Presses, Literature in Translation, Publishing Industry, Poetry, Slidepollajax, Independence Day, Book Publishing, Fourth of July, Books News
Anis Shivani

To celebrate Independence Day, here are 15 small presses that exemplify the best qualities of this publishing tradition--so characteristic of America,...

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Best European Fiction: New Anthology Broadens American Readers' Horizons

Wall Street Journal | ALEXANDRA ALTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zadie Smith, Short Stories, Best European Fiction, Book Publishing, Publishing, Literature in Translation, Best European Fiction 2010, New Books, European Fiction, Books, Translation, Foreign Language, Anthologies, Books News

Even the most dedicated fiction readers might have trouble naming contemporary authors from Macedonia, Liechtenstein or Slovenia. Dalkey Archive Press...

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