tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post1740394539429234058..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: Best of 2013: Translations into EnglishLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-77201656764879395712013-12-23T12:33:22.338-06:002013-12-23T12:33:22.338-06:00Hadn't heard of the Molina until now (my aware...Hadn't heard of the Molina until now (my awareness of Spanish-language books is spotty, alas), but the premise sounds promising.<br /><br />Now to see if I can find it at a cheaper price than $30 used (I know I could read the translation and it'd be a good one, but I prefer the original whenever possible when the language in question is Spanish)...Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-7222304049194433892013-12-23T08:49:53.791-06:002013-12-23T08:49:53.791-06:00I would add one more translation - The Night of Ti...I would add one more translation - The Night of Time by A.M. Molina which was published a few weeks ago.<br /><br />I tried reading it in the original Spanish but it was over my skills in the language where I can manage more or less linear stuff like C.R. Zafon or S. Posteguillo but not this...<br /><br />Got the English translation of La Noche de los Tiempos a few days ago and the book is superb...Liviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-79548902942789950602013-12-22T17:39:11.740-06:002013-12-22T17:39:11.740-06:00More translators (overlooked somehow):
Ābele - Ka...More translators (overlooked somehow):<br /><br />Ābele - Kaija Straumanis<br />Arias and Hadis (Borges) - Katherine Silver<br />Leopardi - group translation edited by Michael Caesar and Franco D'IntinoLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-65776007901663356932013-12-22T17:35:04.699-06:002013-12-22T17:35:04.699-06:00Translators:
Ogawa - Stephen Snyder
Gorodischer -...Translators:<br /><br />Ogawa - Stephen Snyder<br />Gorodischer - Amalia Gladhart<br />Kadare - John Hodgson<br />Xu Lei - Gabriel Ascher<br />Grimbert - Matthew Ross and Eric Lamb<br />Sirees - Max Weiss<br />Blas de Robles - Mike Mitchell<br />Antoon - Antoon himself<br />Higashida - David Mitchell and his wife<br />Bodoc - Nick Caistor with Lucia Caistor Arendar<br />Vainonen - J. Robert Tupasela and Anna Volmari<br />Krohn - J. Robert Tupasela and Anna Volmari<br />Sapkowski - David French<br />Cerqueira - Karen Bennett and Chris MingayLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-35675129746278816642013-12-22T17:21:13.213-06:002013-12-22T17:21:13.213-06:00Translator names? I'll look them up shortly, ...Translator names? I'll look them up shortly, but I know <i>Seiobo There Below</i> was translated by the very talented Ottilie Mulzet. I'll post as many of the others as I can find in the next few minutes. Have to go hunt down the books.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-89326705738637120612013-12-22T17:19:38.442-06:002013-12-22T17:19:38.442-06:00The Ferrante is on my radar, but I knew I wouldn&#...The Ferrante is on my radar, but I knew I wouldn't have time to read it this year (might see if I can get it in Italian, since I'm working on my reading fluency there). The Stefánsson I'll look into now. Thanks!Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-4018609735760914382013-12-22T17:19:28.644-06:002013-12-22T17:19:28.644-06:00Agreed, some great books on here! Names of transla...Agreed, some great books on here! Names of translators, please?Daniel Hahnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-83480334601825625942013-12-22T17:06:26.020-06:002013-12-22T17:06:26.020-06:00Some great books there :)
I've read a few of ...Some great books there :)<br /><br />I've read a few of these, but there are several I'd like to try (the Krasznahorkai being at the very top of the list...). Of the modern translated releases this year, a couple of suggestions I'd give would be Elena Ferrante's 'The Story of a New Name' and Jón Kalman Stefánsson's 'The Sorrow of Angels' - although they are both the second book of a trilogy...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.com