Charlotte Mandell

RT @WBCBaseball: WHAT A CATCH 😮

TRAYCE THOMPSON BRINGS IT BACK!

Flann O'Brien would disagree

Finished translating The Melancholy of Borders: North by Mathias Énard, a book about books, and literature, and wars, and Berlin... Forthcoming from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social and New Directions.

Thank you! 🌷

write themselves. Try to give equal credit to the translator in your discussions of the books.

striking? You don't need to know the original language to tell if a translation is good or not. For me, the least interesting thing about a novel is the plot. It's the language that interests me. Remember, all those words in English were chosen by the translator. They didn't

One of the wonderful things about the International Booker Prize @thebookerprizes.com is that it recognizes author and translator equally. When evaluating the books on the longlist, try to pay attention to the translation itself. Does it read well in English? Is the language

Oh, and the bases were loaded

A 17-year old Brazilian pitcher named Joseph Contreras just broke Aaron Judge's bat and got him to hit into a double play in the Brazil vs USA World Baseball Classic game 😮

Charlotte Mandell on Mathias Enard's ‘The Deserters’ (Nominated for the International Booker Prize-2026))

So many thanks to Harshaneeyam Podcast for asking such interesting questions about the process of translation and about my translation of Mathias Énard's THE DESERTERS, published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social and New Directions, longlisted for @thebookerprizes.com
open.spotify.com/episode/3GLu...

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and somehow, Proust again:

“…since each of us sees clarity only in those ideas that have the same degree of confusion as our own.”

(trans. Charlotte Mandell 🌸)

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Mathias Énard's The Deserters: in the same literary territory as Compass and Zone. Intergenerational characters involved in military and ideological conflict in Europe, shadows of the Middle East, translated into beautiful English prose by @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social ts.bsky.social Énard at his best.

Lovely fog tonight

So glad you're enjoying it!

Paused what I was reading because I picked this up, checked out the first few pages, and couldn’t stop. I think it’s those tenses; they keep the pace at a zip. Anyhoo, only 140 pages. A joy from Mathias Énard and @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social.

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I'm being watched by a bald eagle

Grass!!! First sighting 👀

Today's Sawkill, all melted now

An extract from The Deserters by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell | The Booker Prizes ‘He sets down his weapon, then with difficulty takes off his boots, their smell (excrement, musty sweat) adds even more to his exhaustion. His fingers on the frayed laces are dry matchsticks, slightly...

Read an excerpt from my translation of Mathias Énard's The Deserters at @thebookerprizes.com:

thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

A stick blender does the job!

ooh, fancy!!

Mine too :)

Butternut squash soup

Making butternut squash soup while listening to Tigers vs Dominican Republic baseball exhibition game