by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
"It is sometimes said that in order to convey atmosphere a translation must be redone for each generation". Is this really the case? asks author and journalist Sara Wheeler in a recent article for ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Nobel prize laureate Olga Tokarczuk has been a bestselling author in Poland for three decades. In a recent interview for "The Guardian" she says she wonders how her life would have worked out if ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
A new translation of the internationally acclaimed anti-totalitarian novel "Darkness at Noon" will allow the English reading public to read it for the first time as Arthur Koestler wrote it. A recent article in for "The Literary ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
In an article for the NYR Daily, author/translator Tim Parks explores what he calls a "perplexing" dilemma. Most readers are only familiar with texts translated in their own languages, and if they enjoy the translation ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Yes, according to Yuval Noah Harari-a bestselling author whose books have been translated into over 60 languages and sold over 20m copies-if there is a risk that the book will be banned in a specific country. Harari ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2018 (1), speaks of the "profound loneliness" inherent in the work of a translator in a recent interview for the "Korean Literature Now" ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Social acronyms, abbreviations, emphatic capitals, expressive word lengthening, creative respellings, keysmashing, hashtags, emoji, and a subtle use of punctuation are just some of the innovative ways to convey nuances of tone of voice that are ... Read more >