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Read "Translating the Elliptical" now on HS. Shushan Avagyan interrogates the translation of Armenian writer Zabel Yesayan's narratives on the Massacres of Cilicia through a thoughtful examination of Yesayan’s style and use of ellipses.

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Just in on HS!
"Post-War, Lesbian, Heretic: A Review of Selma Asotić’s SAY FIRE, Translated and Reworked by the Author."
Review by Denis Ferhatović

Check it out here!
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SAY FIRE is out now from @archipelagobooks.bsky.social

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On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead Le devoir et la tâche d’un écrivain sont ceux d’un traducteur. –Marcel Proust, Le Temps retrouvé * The duty and the task of a writer are those of a translator. –The Past Recaptured, tra…

“Charlotte Mandell had written the English words I was reading, whose power and beauty left me gasping and stunned.”

Bryan Alistair Charles discusses Proust in translation with translator and ALTA member Charlotte Mandell at Lit Hub: @literaryhub.bsky.social

Check out this workshop with Kasia Szymanska! Her recent book, TRANSLATION MULTIPLES: FROM GLOBAL CULTURE TO POSTCOMMUNIST DEMOCRACY, was recently reviewed on Hopscotch by Jess Jensen Mitchell.

Putting this one on the calendar.

New on HS: James Richie's @jameslrichie.bsky.social
insightful reflections on translating Víctor Cabrera’s collection of poems, A VILLAGE DEVASTATED BY GODZILLA.

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Like a Simile Zeynep Özer excavates the linguistic and emotional intricacies of Alice Oswald’s long poem «Memorial», which she takes to be emblematic of the practice of creative translation.

Hopscotch throwback: "Like a Simile," by Zeynep Özer. Have you read it yet?

Zeynep Özer excavates the linguistic and emotional intricacies of Alice Oswald’s long poem «Memorial», which she takes to be emblematic of the practice of creative translation.

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Yuki Tejima: “I miss talking about the books I’m not translating” On translating Japanese writers like Mizuki Tsujimura, Kumi Kimura and Emi Nagi, and championing women’s writing

Check out this interview with former ALTA mentee Yuki Tejima as they discuss balancing professional translation projects with a broader love of and excitement for literature. At Hindustan Times: buff.ly/k0kVfZS @hindustan-times.bsky.social @yukitejima.bsky.social

✨ Betty author @ilzeduarte.bsky.social’s translation of The Book of Affects by Marília Arnaud is featured on @hopscotch-tr.bsky.social! The review explores how Duarte captures the text’s emotional depth and brings its lyrical power to readers.

Read the full review here: bit.ly/41VvxsX

"Bold acts of translation are the lifeblood of Kasia Szymanska’s book, TRANSLATION MULTIPLES: FROM GLOBAL CULTURE TO POSTCOMMUNIST DEMOCRACY."

Check out Jess Jensen Mitchell's review on HS of
@kaszyma.bsky.social's TRANSLATION MULTIPLES here:
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Want reads to finish out Aug. and Women in Translation month? Check out @michellemirabella.bsky.social's review of THE BOOK OF AFFECTS by Marília Arnaud, trans. by Ilze Duarte! Aug. may be at a close but keep opening books by women writers and translators!

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In "The Visitor Peering over My Shoulder," Jean-Yves Masson reflects on the notion of "hauntology." Originally published in French on Poesibao, www.poesibao.fr, Hopscotch is pleased to present Masson’s essay in English translation.
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From the Archive: Philippe Jaccottet translated from French by Alastair Thomson  - Modern Poetry in Translation Daniel Kramb writes on Swiss Francophone poet and translator, Philippe Jaccottet

New online!

'From the Archive': Daniel Kramb writers on Swiss Francophone poet and translator Philippe Jaccottet, in translations by Alastair Thomson from French

First published in MPT 'Frontiers' (2009)

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Library of Congress black and white photograph entitled "Samson's Gate" depicting Old Town Gaza pre-1948 amidst trees.

New on Hopscotch:
"Re: (Not) Capitulating"

In this follow-up on his recent review of 48 KG, Samuel Martin reflects further on Batool Abu Akleen's poems and on time spent in the archives of the National Library in Scotland.
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Recent fiction in translation: “Someone to Watch Over You” by Kumi Kimura, “Elephant Herd” by Zhang Guixing, “Old Kiln” by Jia Pingwa asianreviewofbooks.com/tag/translat...

"Batool Abu Akleen writes of amputation and dismemberment, unbearable suffering and sorrow, in order that she, her people, and her land may yet be re-membered with the love, care, and urgency they deserve."

Samuel Martin's review of Batool Abu Akleen’s 48KG:
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"The thought struck me recently that every translated book, too, is a ship of Theseus." - Kit Schluter

This meme got us thinking about Kit Schluter's "Calling the Ship by a Different Name" on Hopscotch!
You can check it out below (no CAPTCHA required)!
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New on Hopscotch! Michelle Mirabella interviews Emily Hunsberger on her translation of Melanie Márquez Adams’s WONDERLAND: CRÓNICAS OF BELONGING IN AMÉRICA.

Check it out here:
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Savoring these beautiful poems by Simone Lappert, translated from the German by Fabienne Rink, today!
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New translations for the reading list!

Images of hands signing the alphabet in ASL.

Have you read Addison Bale's "On Translation, Codification, and Something in Between: Language in the Paintings of Martin Wong" published recently on Hopscotch? Find it here: hopscotchtranslation.com/2025/03/25/o...
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A path in the woods with conifers around it.

"What Brings Us to a Halt (PART 2)" is up, and features Taylor's essay, "A Perennial Hereness," a response to Franca Mancinelli's "Flowers and Hell: On Poetry and Authenticity," published in Taylor's translation in Part One on Hopscotch.
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Happy pub day to The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories, edited by WWB contributor @antonialloydjones.bsky.social !

brown background with picture of book cover for THE WOLVES OF STARO SELO, depicting an old woman with a bowl.

Looking for a fresh read? Check out Suzana Vuljevic's conversation with Yana Ellis, published recently on Hopscotch, on Ellis' Translation of Zdravka Evtimova’s THE WOLVES OF STARO SELO.

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What Brings Us to a Halt (Part 1) Franca Mancinelli reflects on the simultaneously precarious and regenerative aspects of poetic language, in this latest instalment of a translational dialogue with John Taylor.

HS has been home to dialogues on writing and translation between Franca Mancinelli and John Taylor since 2021.

Part 1 of "What Brings Us to a Halt," features Taylor's translation of Mancinelli's "Flowers and Hell: On Poetry and Authenticity."

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Above All, a Community Sean Gasper Bye, Sophia Marisa Lucas, & Rachael Daum discuss the launch of the new ALTA website and all that it offers for the translation community.

New on Hopscotch, a lovely conversation about the launch of the new ALTA website from Sean Gasper Bye, Sophia Marisa Lucas, and Rachael Daum! @littranslate.bsky.social

Hopscotch has made the move to Bluesky and Instagram! For our first post, a wonderful review by Elena Schafer: https://buff.ly/40DtoBL
@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social