Lost in Translations

Lost in Translations episodes:

• 09.17.2022

  Episode 38 - Interview with Ellen Jones & Robin Myers

  I am lucky enough to have translators Ellen Jones and Robin Myers to talk about The Forgery by Ave Barrera Mentioned in this episode; Charco Press SouthWest Review Movie Marathon by Ave Barrera (Translated by Robin Myers) Salt Crystals by Cristina Bendek (Translated by Robin...

  
• 08.15.2022

  Episode 37 - Homecoming

  Join Mary and I as we discuss Homecoming by Anna Enquist (translated by Eileen J. Stevens) Mentioned in this episode; Disoriental by Negar Djavadi (translated by Tina Kover) #WITMonth Read_WIT online Twitter: Read_WIT Instagram: ReadWIT Website: https://www.womenintranslation.org/ Find Mary online Twitter: jus_de_fruit Instagram: jus_de_fruit    Support the show via Patreon Social Media links Email: [email protected] Twitter: @translationspod Instagram: translationspod Litsy: @translationspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/translationspod/ Produced by...

  
• 07.14.2022

  Episode 36 - Interview about 3 Times Rebel

  Join me as I interview Bibiana Mas about the new 3 Times Rebel Podcast Transcript coming soon I do apologise, my microphone caused a lot of issues in this episode and I did attempt to clean it up as much as possible,...

  
• 03.01.2022

  Episode 35 - What Have You Been Reading?

  Join Mary and I as we discuss our recent reading highlights  Podcast Transcript coming soon Mentioned in this episode; The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen (translated by Tiina Nunnally & Michael Favala Goldman) The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Jennifer Croft) Elena...

  
• 09.25.2021

  Episode 34 - Winter in Sokcho

  Join Mary, Rachel (Books for Rachel) and I as we discuss Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin (translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins) Podcast Transcript coming soon Mentioned in this episode; Book For Rachel's review of Winter in Sokcho The Naughtiest Girl in the...

  
• 07.21.2021

  Episode 33 - The Disaster Tourist

  Join me and Steph (Time to Read!) as we discuss The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun (translated by Lizzie Buehler) Podcast Transcript coming soon Mentioned in this episode; Out by Natsuo Kirino (translated by Stephen Snyder) Episode on Out The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks Indie Press Project Invisible Cities Reading...

  
• 06.25.2021

  Episode 32 - Amora

  Join Mary and I as we discuss Amora by Natalia Borges Polesso (translated by Julia Sanches) Podcast Transcript coming soon Mentioned in this episode; Invisible Cities Reading Project Wild Swans by Jung Chang Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now by Ellen van Neervan Baghdad Burning by...

  
• 05.15.2021

  Episode 31 - Return to the Enchanted Island

  Join Mary and I as we discuss Return to the Enchanted Island by Johary Ravaloson (translated by Allison M. Charette) Podcast Transcript coming soon Mentioned in this episode; Beyond the Rice Fields by Naivo (translated by Allison M. Charette Shrill (2019) Dodo Vole Publishing Wild Swans by Jung...

  
• 04.15.2021

  Episode 30 - International Booker 2021

  In this episode we are talking about the International Booker Longlist 2021 Podcast Transcript Coming Soon Mentioned in this episode; The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein) Earthling by Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori) I Live in the...

  
• 01.15.2021

  Episode 29 - Before the Coffee Gets Cold

  Join Mary and I as we discuss Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (translated by Geoffrey Trousselot) Podcast Transcript coming soon Mentioned in this episode; Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (translated by Geoffrey Trousselot) Cafe Funiculi...

  
• 12.15.2020

  Episode 28 - Best Books of 2020

  My Guest is Derek Maine and Dan from Weird Book Book Club and we are talking about our favourite books of 2020.  This was taken from a live show, if you want to see that. Podcast Transcript Coming Soon Mentioned in this episode; Kim...

  
• 10.20.2020

  Episode 27 - Crime and Punishment

  My Guest is Derek Maine and we are talking about Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated by Oliver Ready) Podcast Transcript Coming Soon Mentioned in this episode; The Book of Anna by Carmen Boullosa (translated by Samantha Schnee) Live Show on Satire Notes from...

  
• 09.21.2020

  Episode 26 - Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

  Join Mary and I as we discuss Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo (translated by Jamie Chang) Podcast Transcript coming soon Mentioned in this episode; 2020 Global Pay Gap Bombshell (2019) Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami (translated by Sam Bett & David Boyd) The Dutchess...

  
• 08.15.2020

  Episode 25 - And The Birds Rained Down

  Join Mary and I as we discuss And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier (translated Rhonda Mullins) Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; Canada Reads The Book Club When Everything Feels Like the Movies by Raziel Reid The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King Intolerable: A Memoir of...

  
• 07.15.2020

  Episode 24 - Hurricane Season

  My Guest is Derek Maine and we are talking about Hurrican Season by Fernanda Melchor (translated by Sophie Hughes) ** Delay in episode releases due to illness, apologies ** Podcast Transcript Coming Soon Mentioned in this episode; Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Don DeLillo Thomas Pynchon Raymond Carver John...

  
• 04.15.2020

  Episode 23 - Interview with Sophie Hughes

  Join me as I interview translator Sophie Hughes about her process and the books she has translated and Europa28. Podcast Transcript coming soon Books translated by Sophie Hughes mentioned in this episode; Affections by Rodrigo Hasbún Umami by Laia Jufresa The Boy Who Stole Attila's Horse by...

  
• 04.07.2020

  Bonus Episode: The BTBA Longlist 2020

  My Guest is Derek Maine and we are talking about the BTBA Longlist 2020 Podcast Transcript Coming Soon Mentioned in this episode; The Wind that Lays Waste by Selva Almada, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews (Argentina, Graywolf) The Book of Collateral Damage by Sinan Antoon, translated from the...

  
• 03.15.2020

  Episode 22 - International Booker 2020

  My Guest is Mary and we are talking about the International Booker Longlist 2020 Podcast Transcript Coming Soon Mentioned in this episode; Red Dog by Willem Anker (Afrikaans – South Africa), translated by Michiel Heyns, from Pushkin Press The Enlightenment of The Greengage Tree...

  
• 02.15.2020

  Episode 21 - Interview with Tina Kover

  Join me as I interview translator Tina Kover about her process and the books she has translated and world literature. Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; Disoriental by Négar Djavadi The Black City by George Sand Georges by Alexandre Dumas Tina Kover Interview on Reading Women...

  
• 12.16.2019

  Episode 20 - 2019 Reading Highlights

  I am joined by Agnese (Beyond the Epilogue) to discuss our reading highlights for 2019 Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; Man Booker International Prize BTBA (Best Translated Book Award) National Book Award Translation Prize Women in Translated Month #WITMonth Best100WIT List #100BestWIT Best100WIT Book Club The Aviator by Eugene Vodolazkin (translated...

  
• 11.19.2019

  Episode 19 - Interview with Peter Bush

  Join me as I interview translator Peter Bush who has recently translated Barcelona Tales edited by Helen Constantine (from Oxford University Press) and Why, Why, Why? by Quim Monzó (from Open Letter) Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; Juan Goytisolo Forbidden Territory by Juan Goytisolo Oxford...

  
• 10.15.2019

  Episode 18 - The Little Girl on the Ice Floe

  Join Mary and I as we discuss The Little Girl in the Ice Floe by Adelaïde Bon (translated by Tina A. Kover). The UK edition is translated by Ruth Diver Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; Disoriental by Negar Djavadi (translated by Tina Kover) Little Brother by...

  
• 09.15.2019

  Episode 17 - Crimson

  Our guest this month is Lauren, known on BookTube as CooksBooks and we are discussing Crimson (also known as Last Night in Nuuk) by Niviaq Korneliussen (translated by Anna Halager) Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; Stanisław Lem The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem (translated...

  
• 08.15.2019

  Episode 16 - WIT recommendations with Biblibio

  Our guest this month is Biblibio for some women in translation recommendations for #WITMonth and don't forget to vote in the #100BestWIT project.  Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; Awu’s Story by Justine Mintsa (translated by Cheryl Toman) Mars by Asja Bakic (translated by Jennifer Zoble) The Extraordinary...

  
• 07.15.2019

  Episode 15 - Importance of Women in Translation with Biblibio

  Our guest this month is Biblibio as we discuss the importance of women in translation, the upcoming #WITMonth and #100BestWIT project.  Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; Translations Database The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (translated by Susan Massotty) Elena Ferrante Macbeth by...

  
• 06.15.2019

  Episode 14 - Transparent City

  Join me and Laura Frey (Reading in Bed) as we discuss Transparent City by Ondjaki (translated by Stephen Henighan) Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; Man Booker International Prize A Horse Walked into a Bar by David Grossman (translated by Jessica Cohen) Scribd Open Letter & Other Stories Fitzcarraldo Editions BTBA Prize Love in...

  
• 05.15.2019

  Episode 13 - Out

  Join me and Steph (Time to Read!) as we discuss Out by Natsuo Kirino (translated by Stephen Snyder) Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; Elena Ferrante Haruki Murakami Daunt Books Leo Tolstoy Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori) Powell's Indie Bookstore Day Open Letter Coffee House Press Fitzcarraldo Editions The Lovely Bones...

  
• 04.15.2019

  Episode 12 - The Parrots

  Join Mary and I as we discuss The Parrots by Filippo Bologna (translated by Howard Curtis) Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; The Albertine Prize Man Booker International Prize BTBA Prize Man Booker Prize Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (translated by Marilyn Booth) The Years by Annie Ernaux (translated by Alison...

  
• 03.15.2019

  Episode 11 - Man Booker International longlist Reactions

  Join Agnese (Beyond the Epilogue) and I as we react the the Man Booker International longlist for 2019 Mentioned in this episode; The Longlist Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (Arabic / Omani) (translated by Marilyn Booth) Love in the New Millennium by Can Xue (Chinese /...

  
• 02.22.2019

  Episode 10 - The Aviator

  Join Agnese (Beyond the Epilogue) and I as we discuss Translation prizes, Baltic Literature and The Aviator by by Eugene Vodolazkin (translated by Lisa Hayden) Mentioned in this episode; Man Booker International PrizeBTBA (Best Translated Book Award)National Book Award Translation PrizeThe Emissary by Yōko Tawada...

  
• 01.14.2019

  Episode 9 - Sphinx

  Join Mary and I as we discuss Sphinx by Anne Garréta (translated by Emma Ramadan) Mentioned in this episode; Georges PerecA Void by Georges Perec (translated by Gilbert Adair)Italo CalvinoRiff RaffRevenge of the Translator by Brice Matthieussent (translated by Emma Ramadan)Not One Day by Anne Garréta...

  
• 12.14.2018

  Episode 8 - Best of 2018

  Join Lauren Weinhold (end.notes) and I as we discuss our favourite translations we read in 2018 Mentioned in this episode; Sphinx by Anne Garréta (translated by Emma Ramadan)Georges PerecA Void by Georges Perec (translated by Gilbert Adair)The Restless by Gerty Dambury (translated by Judith...

  
• 11.21.2018

  Episode 7 - Aetherial Worlds

  Join Lauren Weinhold (end.notes) and I as we discuss translations and Aetherial Worlds by Tatyana Tolstaya (translated by Anya Migdal) Mentioned in this episode; Reading Envy (latest episode with Lauren talking about Science September)Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated by Kyril Zinovieff & Jenny...

  
• 10.14.2018

  Episode 6 - African Psycho

  Join Rachel Lousie Atkin and I as we discuss translations and African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou (translated by Christine Schwartz Hartley) Mentioned in this episode;The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa (translated by Margaret Jull Costa)Albert CamusJ.D. SalingerSamuel BeckettFyodor DostoevskyThe Catcher in the...

  
• 09.24.2018

  Episode 5 - La Bastarda

  Welcome to the episode 5 of Lost in Translations, where I get my wife and sister-in-law to talk about the La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono (translated by Lawrence Schimel), the first novel by an Equatorial Guinean woman to be translated into English Mentioned in this...

  
• 08.19.2018

  Episode 4 - The Door

  Welcome to the episode 4 of Lost in Translations, where I talk about the Hungarian modern classic, The Door by Magda Szabo (translated by Len Rix) with my wife. Mentioned in this episode; The Door (2012)Neapolitan Series by Elena Ferrante (translated by Anne Goldstein)The True Deceiver...

  
• 08.09.2018

  Bonus Episode: #WITMonth Recommendations

  This is a bonus episode were we offer some recommendations to help celebrate Women In Translations Month Mentioned in this episode; Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein) The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (translated by Alison Anderson) Convenience...

  
• 07.14.2018

  Episode 3 - The Shadow of the Wind

  Join Rachel Lousie Atkin and I as we discuss translations and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (translated by Lucia Graves) Mentioned in this episode;Death in Spring by Mercè Rodoreda (translated by Martha Tennent)Behind the Critic blogBret Easton EllisAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton...

  
• 06.14.2018

  Episode 2 - Faces in the Crowd

  Join Lia (Hyde and Seek) and I as we discuss translations and Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli (translated by Christina MacSweeney). Also sorry in advance for the barking dogs. Mentioned in this episode; War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (translated by Louise...

  
• 05.14.2018

  Episode 1 - Things We Lost in the Fire

  Welcome to the first episode of Lost in Translations, where I talk about the Argentinian short story colleciton, Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez (translated by Megan McDowell) with my wife. Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy...

  
• 04.13.2018

  Episode 0 - An Introduction

  Welcome to the first episode of Lost in Translations, this is an introduction to the podcast and we also talk about the Man Booker International Prize shortlist and the Best Translated Books Award longlist. Podcast Transcript Mentioned in this episode; ThePoptimistThree Percent PodcastCulture...