Meet The Translator
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How to translate Perumal Murugan: Nandini Krishnan on her experience with ‘Estuary’
An interview with the first-time translator, who is an author of two non-fiction books.
Jaya Bhattacharji Rose
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‘I don’t see translation as something done for glory. It’s a very serious business’: Rita Kothari
An interview with translator Rita Kothari on the practice, politics and problems of the art.
Suhasini Patni
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The ministry of utmost translation: Lenka Lichtenberg on translating Arundhati Roy into Czech
‘You have to use all your sensitivity to create the same feeling and impact in a completely different language.’
Ipshita Mitra
Trending
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As India is battered by severe Covid-19 second wave, where is Narendra Modi and his government?
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‘Ajeeb Daastaans’ review: One episode in the Netflix anthology film is worth the price of the rest
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A century after Nikola Tesla’s failed experiment, 5G may realise his dream of wireless electricity
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‘Kumbh should now be symbolic,’ says PM Modi after akhada head dies of Covid-19
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West Bengal polls: EC bans rallies, public meetings from 7 pm to 10 am, cites Covid crisis
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Meet Marilyn Booth, translator of the Man Booker International Prize winner ‘Celestial Bodies’
A pre-Man Booker interview with the American academician who translated Omani author Jokha Alharthi’s ‘Sayyidat al-Qamr’ from Arabic.
Marcia Lynx Qualey
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How Mahasweta Devi’s historical romance, starring courtesans and thugs, was translated into English
An interview with Shamya Dasgupta, Devi’s nephew and the translator of ‘Mirror Of The Darkest Night’ (‘Laayl-e Aasmaaner Aayna’ in the original).
Jai Arjun Singh
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How do you select and translate Urdu ghazals by 65 poets written over 500 years? Ask Anisur Rahman
The writer and translator explains how he selected the ghazals for his comprehensive collection, ‘Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi’ and how the form has evolved.
Maaz Bin Bilal
Video
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Watch: Jewellery brand’s advertisement feauring a transperson’s journey moves social media
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Non-fungible tokens: Watch Jimmy Fallon list the facts and the fiction
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Watch: Meet Asif Sultani from Afghanistan, all set to compete at the Tokyo Olympics for Team Refugee
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‘Better start walking’: White US Army officer assaults Black man, demands he leaves neighbourhood
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Watch: Large sections of Jurassic Coast cliff collapse in UK’s biggest rockfall in 60 years
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Why is everyone suddenly reading this Japanese novel? The translator tries to explain
The Morgan Giles interview: ‘I talked about translating the book non-stop for two years till the publisher gave in’
Sana Goyal
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What we talk about when we talk about translation (and its joys): Views from translators in the UK
A mash-up of conversations with the renowned international translators Ros Schwartz and Daniel Hahn during their visits to the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Mohini Gupta
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‘The long history of Sanskrit has many faces, including voices of protest and revolt’: David Shulman
An interview with the scholar and translator whose work spans, among other subjects, the languages of South India, history of religion and Carnatic music.
Veena Muthuraman
The Reel
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‘Horror was my playground’: What it meant to be a member of the Ramsay film clan
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The final edition of the Rising Gardens festival has films about solidarity between women
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IFFLA 2021 programme includes ‘Fire in the Mountains’, ‘Biriyaani’, ‘Koozhangal’ and ‘Seththumaan’
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‘Ajeeb Daastaans’ review: One episode in the Netflix anthology film is worth the price of the rest
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‘99 Songs’ movie review: The math doesn’t add up in saga of a tortured artist
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Only a fraction of worthy modern Tamil books have been translated, says N Kalyan Raman
An interview with the acclaimed translator of Tamil literature into English.
Urvashi Bahuguna
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‘You have to be very humble’: How Neerja Mattoo translates from Kashmiri to English
The first in a series of interviews featuring women translating texts from and into different languages.
Niyati Bhat
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Meet Shahnaz Habib, whose debut translation has won the Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature
Before and after: What translating Benyamin’s ‘Jasmine Days’ involved, and what it means after winning the prize.
Urvashi Bahuguna
The Field
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IPL 2021: Be it performance or leadership, MS Dhoni is the heartbeat of CSK, says coach Fleming
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IPL 2021, MI vs SRH preview: Can Warner’s Sunrisers arrest slide against upbeat Mumbai Indians?
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Billie Jean King Cup: Ankita Raina goes down fighting to Jelena Ostapenko as India trail 0-2
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Monte Carlo Masters: Andrey Rublev outlasts 11-time champion Rafael Nadal in three-set battle
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IPL 2021: Deepak Chahar stars as CSK outplay Punjab Kings in MS Dhoni’s milestone match