Translator

On the life-art of Translation

An interview with Jen Calleja—one of Britain’s leading translators—and Gregor Hens—one of Germany’s leading writers—about their new books, and their career-long collaboration Norman R Shapiro famously likened a good translation...

An unexpected tale from a no-longer-forgotten city

A photo essay from Khartoum and Berber April 2023-ongoing We knew we had to leaveعلمنا أنه يجب أن نغادرر The war began not with a warning but with the sound...

Russia’s War on minority languages

Translator speaks to four representatives on the linguistic frontline Much has been written in recent years about Vladimir Putin’s imperial ambitions in Ukraine. What this sometimes obscures is the fact...

Glossary As Archive: The Queer Arab Glossary

The Queer Arab Glossary is, first and foremost, an act of presence. In a world that often paints Arab societies with a broad brush of conservatism, this book insists that queerness...

That’s me clattering about… when I lift the lid to see if the characters have come to the boil

Behind every translation there is a translator, a place where translation happens, a dictionary (possibly several), a lived experience of translation or working in and between different languages. We want...

Medellin: The politics of street art in Colombia’s second city

Last month, my boyfriend and I went on a little getaway to celebrate our anniversary. On the way out of town we saw a large banner on the highway that...