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Today, Award-winning Translator and editor Daniel Hahn is talking about his approach to translations, Evaluating a work of translation and his translation of the Portuguese novel 'Resistance' by Julian Fuks.

Daniel Hahn is a writer, editor, and translator with around a hundred books to his credit. His work includes translations from Europe, Africa, and the Americas (encompassing fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and plays) and many nonfiction books, including The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature.

Hahn was appointed as Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the year 2020 for his services to literature.

He has won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the Blue Peter Book Award. He has been shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, among many others. He won the 2023 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature.

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Born in 1954 in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan, Dr. Hamid Ismailov is a Uzbek journalist and writer. He was forced to leave Uzbekistan in 1992 due to what the state dubbed ‘unacceptable democratic tendencies’. He came to the United Kingdom, where he took a job with the BBC World Service, where he worked for 25 years.

In addition to journalism, Ismailov is a prolific writer of poetry and prose, and his books have been published in Uzbek, Russian, French, German, Turkish, English and other languages. His work is still banned in Uzbekistan. He is the author of many novels, including The Railway, Hostage to Celestial Turks, Googling for Soul, The Underground, A Poet and Bin-Laden, Manaschi, and The Devil Dance. He has translated Russian and Western classics into Uzbek and Uzbek and Persian classics into Russian and several Western languages.

In this conversation, he spoke about the process of writing, Translations, the culture of central Asia, and his recent novel 'Manaschi'.

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Prabda Yoon is an Artist, Filmmaker, writer, publisher and translator. He Lives in Bangkok, Thailand.

After studying Graphic Design and visual communication in the US, he embarked on a prolific career, authoring a remarkable collection of twenty fiction books, encompassing both short stories and novels.

As a designer, Yoon designed over 100 book covers, lending his creative touch to numerous publications. His artistic works have been exhibited regularly in Thailand and Japan, gaining recognition and appreciation in various art exhibitions.

As a translator, Yoon brought Western literary classics to Thai readers, making the likes of Nabokov's Lolita and J.D. Salinger's iconic Catcher in the Rye accessible to a broader audience through his adept translations.

He won the prestigious S.E.A. Write Award in 2002 for his story collection "Kwam Na Ja Pen" (Probability). In 2021, Yoon's significant contributions to arts and culture won him the Fukuoka Prize.

"The Sad Part Was," a poignant collection of twelve short stories from Yoon's acclaimed "Kwam Na Ja Pen," found international acclaim with its English translation by Mui Poopoksakul, published by Tilted Axis Press in the UK. The book marked a historic moment as the first-ever translation of Thai fiction to be released in the UK. Additionally, Yoon's second story collection, "Moving Parts," also translated by Mui Poopoksakul, further cemented his reputation as a writer with global appeal.

Prabda Yoon's stories offer a meditative study of modern Thai life, deftly weaving together urban alienation and surrealism themes. Through his experimental storytelling, Yoon delves into the complexities of human relationships and the emotional landscapes of his characters, who often grapple with loneliness and isolation.

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Daisy Rockwell is a translator and an artist. She has translated many classic works of Hindi and Urdu literature, including Upendranath Ashk's Falling Walls, Bhisham Sahni's Tamas, and Khadija Mastur's The Women's Courtyard. Her 2021 translation of Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand was the first South Asian book to win the International Booker Prize. Rockwell was awarded the 2023 Vani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award by the Vani Foundation and Teamwork Arts during the 2023 edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival.Tomb of Sand also won her the 2022 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.

Rockwell has been a student of Hindi, Latin, French, German, and ancient Greek for many years. She received her PhD in South Asian Literature from the University of Chicago, where she studied Hindi literature, translation, and social sciences. Her book, Upendranath Ashk - A critical biography was based on her PhD dissertation.

In this Conversation, she spoke about her approach to translations and Upendranath AshK, whom she admires as a writer.

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In this episode, Ms.Ministhy S. Nair, an IAS officer Of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, spoke about her literary journey, translations, and about the experience of translating works of Malayalam writer VJ James.

She translates between four languages: English, Malayalam, Hindi, and Avadhi.

Her translation of The Poison of Love by Malayalam novelist K.R. Meera was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017, and The Unseeing Idol of Light by the same author was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Jury Awards in 2018. Her translation of Anti-Clock was shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature 2021.

She has further translated Sundar Kanda and Kishkindha Kanda from Awadhi into English and the poetry collections My Home, After Me by Agneya from Hindi and The Heaviness of the Rain by Veerankutty from Malayalam.

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In this episode, Ms.Priyamvada Ramkumar talks about her literary journey, Translating Tamil writer Sri.Jeyamohan’s ‘Aram’ short stories into English and her future projects in translation.

(00:08) Introduction

(01:36) Priyamvada's Early Literary Journey

(05:22) Transition into Translation

(13:03) Challenges and Learnings in Translation

(16:50) The Process of Translating 'Stories of the True'

(22:26) Exploring the Themes in 'Stories of the True'

(41:23) Collaboration with Fellow Translator

(44:28) Current and Future Projects

(47:28) Reflections on the Impact of 'Stories of the True'

(50:11) Conclusion

Priyamvada is an impact investor and literary translator based in Chennai, India. Her first book-length translation, ‘Stories of the True‘, a translation of Tamil writer B. Jeyamohan’s short story collection ‘Aram', was selected under the South Asia Speaks mentorship program for 2021, where Arunava Sinha mentored her. Juggernaut Books published the book in 2022. The same year, she was selected into the American Literary Translation Association (ALTA) mentorship program, where she worked with award-winning translator Kareem James Abu-Zeid. She was awarded the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant (2023) for her work-in-progress translation of ‘White Elephant‘ (Jeyamohan’s novel Vellai Yaanai). Earlier this year, she won the A Muttulingam Translation Award for Stories of the True. Instituted by Vijaya Vasagar Vattam, the award recognizes translations from Tamil to English.

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In this episode, Arunava Sinha talks about the methodology of translation and about 'Hospital' a novel which he translated from Bangla into English.

Arunava Sinha translates Bengali fiction and nonfiction into English, and from English into Bengali. Over Seventy-five of his translations have been published so far.

He won the Crossword translation award twice for his work. Besides India, his translations have been published in the UK and the US as well as in several European and Asian countries through further translation.

He has conducted translation workshops at the British Centre for Literary Translation, UEA; University of Chicago; Dhaka Translation Centre; and Jadavpur University.

Arunava Sinha currently teaches 'Creative Writing' at Ashoka University.

Sanya Rushdie is the author of 'Hospital'. She received her primary education in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and then in Adelaide, Australia. She is currently a resident of Melbourne, Australia. She studied the biological sciences and psychology at Monash University, the University of Sydney, and Deakin University. 

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In today's Episode Dr.Vanamala Viswanatha Spoke to Harshaneeyam about her journey into world of translations, various aspects of it at Legnth.

An independent scholar and translator, Dr. Vanamala Viswanatha taught English language and literature for over four decades in premiere institutions in Bengaluru such as the Indian Institute of Science, Regional Institute of English, PG Centre of Bangalore University, and Azim Premji University. She is a bilingual scholar who has written in Kannada and English on matters of language, literature, teaching, and translation. Deeply engaged with various facets of Kannada culture, Dr. Vanamala Viswanatha was a drama artist in All India Radio. She anchored the Kannada news on Doordarshan from 1984-94. She was Associate Director, Katha Regional Academic Centre, Bangalore, an initiative that promoted Indian literatures in translation. She also worked as Honorary Director, Centre for Translation, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Prof Vanamala Viswanatha served as a member on the National Translation Mission.

Prof Vanamala Viswanatha has translated and introduced several well-known Kannada writers such as Sara Aboobacker, Lankesh, Vaidehi, and Ananthamurthy. She translated (with Hans Sjöstrom) Samskara into Swedish, and introduced the Swedish novel The Way of the Serpent by Torgny Lindgren in Kannada. (Sahitya Akademi, 2002). More recently, she has translated several classical texts from pre-modern and modern Kannada literature including the poetry of women saint poets of the 12th century Virashaiva movement (Vachana, Basava Samithi. 2012). The Life of Harishchandra (Harvard University Press, 2017), her translation of a medieval Kannada poetic classic in the Murty Classical Library of India series, is a landmark publication. Dr Vanamala Viswanatha’s translation (with Shivarama Padikkal) of Indira Bai (1899), the first social novel in Kannada, published by Oxford University Press (2019), is yet another milestone in presenting the literary treasures of Kannada to a global readership. This text received the Best Translation award in 2020 from Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati Pradhikara, Government of Karnataka.

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In today's Episode Dr.Vanamala Viswanatha Spoke to Harshaneeyam about her journey into world of translations, various aspects of it at Legnth.

An independent scholar and translator, Dr. Vanamala Viswanatha taught English language and literature for over four decades in premiere institutions in Bengaluru such as the Indian Institute of Science, Regional Institute of English, PG Centre of Bangalore University, and Azim Premji University. She is a bilingual scholar who has written in Kannada and English on matters of language, literature, teaching, and translation. Deeply engaged with various facets of Kannada culture, Dr. Vanamala Viswanatha was a drama artist in All India Radio. She anchored the Kannada news on Doordarshan from 1984-94. She was Associate Director, Katha Regional Academic Centre, Bangalore, an initiative that promoted Indian literatures in translation. She also worked as Honorary Director, Centre for Translation, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Prof Vanamala Viswanatha served as a member on the National Translation Mission.

Prof Vanamala Viswanatha has translated and introduced several well-known Kannada writers such as Sara Aboobacker, Lankesh, Vaidehi, and Ananthamurthy. She translated (with Hans Sjöstrom) Samskara into Swedish, and introduced the Swedish novel The Way of the Serpent by Torgny Lindgren in Kannada. (Sahitya Akademi, 2002). More recently, she has translated several classical texts from pre-modern and modern Kannada literature including the poetry of women saint poets of the 12th century Virashaiva movement (Vachana, Basava Samithi. 2012). The Life of Harishchandra (Harvard University Press, 2017), her translation of a medieval Kannada poetic classic in the Murty Classical Library of India series, is a landmark publication. Dr Vanamala Viswanatha’s translation (with Shivarama Padikkal) of Indira Bai (1899), the first social novel in Kannada, published by Oxford University Press (2019), is yet another milestone in presenting the literary treasures of Kannada to a global readership. This text received the Best Translation award in 2020 from Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati Pradhikara, Government of Karnataka.

To listen to 'Harischandra' Roopakam in English -

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To Buy 'Harischandra' English Translation -

https://amzn.to/41HKyvu

*హర్షణీయం పాడ్కాస్ట్ గురించి మీ అభిప్రాయాన్ని ఈ క్రింది ఫార్మ్ ద్వారా మాకు తెలియ చేయండి. మీ అభిప్రాయం మాకు చాలా విలువైనది. ( feedback form) -

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Suchitra Ramachandran is the Translator of the novel 'The Abyss'. It's a translation of the Tamil novel 'Ezham Ulagam' Written by Jeyamohan.

In this conversation, she spoke about her literary influences, the book, and the translation effort.

She has published a limited-edition volume of illustrated English translations of Tamil Sangam-era poems (Kuruntokai—Love, Loss, Landscapes, Mulligatawny Books, Chennai, 2016). Suchitra has a doctoral degree in biological sciences from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, and is currently a post-doctoral neuroscientist based in Basel, Switzerland.

'The Abyss' - Synopsis

Pothivelu Pandaram is known as a successful and God-fearing man in town – he has a loyal wife, three daughters, and ample money to pay for their dowries. However, it is an open secret that his success is fuelled by a tawdry yet deeply profitable trade – for he owns a group of physically deformed beggars and places them outside various temples to make money for him. The beggars are mere ‘items’ to Pandaram, hardly human, to be bought and sold like cattle. But when the novel descends right into their world –the world of the ‘abyss’ – and places the reader in their midst, it takes on a marvelous, unexpected turn.

Bitter, black, raw, and yet laced with humor and tenderness, The Abyss (Ezhaam Ulagam) is one of the most acclaimed works of the great Tamil writer Jeyamohan.'

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