Rejoice! Amazon opened its Italian store yesterday, and a translator can’t help but notice that, from Day One, translated books list the translator’s name next to the author’s (it actually says “By [AUTHOR] and [TRANSLATOR]). Having campaigned and complained, like many others before me, about the translator’s invisibility (most Italian reviewers still willfully omit the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Invisibility’
The Translator’s Visibility on Amazon Italia
Posted in English, tagged Amazon, Invisibility, Visibility on November 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Knights-errant, Seven Years Later…
Posted in English, tagged Art of translating, Biblit, Fruttero&Lucentini, Invisibility, Knights Errant, Literary Translation, Marina Rullo, Translation on April 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Seven years ago on Biblit – an Italian online community for literary translators started in 1999 by Marina Rullo – a group of colleagues published an open letter to the Italian press, which was covered by several newspapers, websites, and even a TV news report. Hundreds of literary translators signed on, until July 2006 when [...]
So, What Is it That You Do?
Posted in English, tagged Art of translating, Introduction, Invisibility, Literary Translation, Nida, Venuti on March 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In my first post I addressed the need to properly recognise the precious work of translators. Some of you, especially those who don’t speak a second language, might wonder what on Earth might a translator do that is so special, besides the evocative image of smuggling that inspired this blog’s name. I’ll try and explain [...]
