In Rules for Translators, Sampsonia Way presents five selections from a series by Arabic Literature featuring celebrated and award-winning literary translators about their rules for translation. In our fifth installment, questions to translators from the Middle East Studies scholar Elliott Colla.
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In Rules for Translators, Sampsonia Way presents five selections from a series by Arabic Literature featuring celebrated and award-winning literary translators about their rules for translation. In our fourth installment, rules by Hala Salah Eldin Hussein, editor of the Albawtaka Review.
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In Rules for Translators, Sampsonia Way presents five selections from a series by Arabic Literature featuring celebrated and award-winning literary translators about their “rules” for translation. Third in our feature is George Messo, a poet, teacher, and leading translator of Turkish poetry.
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In Rules for Translators, Sampsonia Way presents five selections from a series by Arabic Literature featuring celebrated and award-winning literary translators about their “rules” for translation. Second in our feature is Andrea Labinger, translator of Angelina Muñiz-Huberman’s The Confidantes.
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In Rules for Translators, Sampsonia Way presents five selections from a series by Arabic Literature, featuring celebrated and award-winning literary translators about their “rules” for translation. First in our feature is Pierre Joris, a poet, translator, and author of the blog Nomadics.
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The poem “Overture” is a “statement with a wish,” writes Tarık Günersel. He shares his short poem in 32 languages, including English and the Turkish original, with translations provided by fellow writers and PEN members from around the world. Günersel is PEN Turkey president.
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The Village Indian tells author Abbas Khider’s own story of exile. With elements of both tragedy and comedy, the following excerpt – Chapter 6: The Miracles – details the many “miracles” that allow Khider’s fictional protagonist, Rasul Hamid, to flee from Iraq to Germany.
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