Italian Lit Month n.17, by Chenxin Jiang with Geoffrey Brock! Join us daily in October to read about wonderful Italian books, authors and translators! #ItalianLitMonth#ItalianLit#ItalianBooks#Literarytranslation#ItLit@worldkidlit.bsky.social

#ItalianLitMonth n. 17: Geoffrey Brock on His Translation of Silvia Vecchini’s Young Adult Novel Before Nightfall

Chenxin Jiang talks to Geoffrey Brock about his translation of Silvia Vecchini’s Before Nightfall, a young adult novel about the siblings Carlo and Emma. Carlo is a teenager who happens to be…

Does anyone know both Japanese & English well enough to look over some lyrics I've been fiddling with? #VOCALOID#Japanesemusic#translationhelp

Italian Lit Month n.16, by Lori Hetherington! Join us daily in October to read about wonderful Italian books, authors and translators! #ItalianLitMonth#ItalianLit#ItalianBooks#Literarytranslation#ItLit@worldkidlit.bsky.social

#ItalianLitMonth n. 16: Translating Tuscan Tales

by Lori Hetherington The old woman finished peeling a chestnut and, after handing it to the youngest of her grandchildren, began to speak with her sweet voice and the pure accent of Tuscany’s mount…

Happy #TranslationThursday#xl8

Italian Lit Month n.13, by Jamie Richards! Join us daily in October to read about wonderful Italian books, authors and translators! #ItalianLitMonth#ItalianLit#ItalianBooks#Literarytranslation#ItLit@jrichards.bsky.social

#ItalianLitMonth n.13: Italian Graphic Narrative in Translation

by Jamie Richards Recently I attended a packed celebration of Simon Hanselmann’s work at the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles where he concluded by exhorting everyone to “read more comics!” in o…

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On the blog today, a wonderful book which captures Prague just before WW2 - 'Prague Flaneur' from Twisted Spoon Press - more here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/09/17/i...

“…I shall never consent to contribute to a universal dejection.” @TwistSpoonPress #apragueflaneur

As I've mentioned several times on the Ramblings, a favourite indie publisher is Twisted Spoon, an outfit based in Prague. I've reviewed a number of their books here, most recently the rather wonderfu...

Today is International Octopus Day so this is a reminder that a Spanish way of saying someone looks out of place (or “like a fish out of water”) is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage”

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‘From Italy to the World’: Torino’s Translation Conference at Frankfurt publishingperspectives.com/2024/10/from...publishingperspectives.com#xl8#xl8lit#literature

‘From Italy to the World’: Torino’s Translation Conference at Frankfurt

Torino's international book fair presents its fourth annual conference for translators at the Frankfurt Book Fair, featuring Italian books…