DE → EN – Enjoy in English
/ Sarah Hemens
This regular page brings you a selection of German-language titles that have just been, or are soon to be, published in English.
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World Kid Lit! An interview with Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp and Claire Storey
/ Sarah Rimmington
Ruth Ahmedzai-Kemp and Claire Storey are two of the team running the influential and wide-ranging World Kid Lit blog and site. Ahead of September's World Kit Lit Month, Sarah Rimmington interviews them for New Books in German:
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Sense of an Ending ? – an interview with Norbert Gstrein
/ Eleanor Updegraff
Eleanor Updegraff interviews award- winning Austrian author Norbert Gstrein. In this wide-ranging interview, they discuss morality in narrators, writing from a sense of being an outsider, and which authors have had the greatest influence on his work.
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Kaffeepause mit… Susan Thorne, Editor of No Man’s Land
/ Sarah Hemens, Susan Thorne
No Man’s Land publishes original English translations of literature written in German in the past quarter century. As the journal is is now accepting submissions, we caught up with Editor Susan Thorne to find out more.
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Collected wisdom: how to write a good reader’s report
/ Emma Rault
Reader’s reports play an important role in the publication of translations. Editors use them to find out more about new books that they can’t read in the source language. For translators, writing reader’s reports is a good way to build relationships with publishers and—hopefully—make a case for brilliant new books that deserve to find a wide readership. For New Books in German, Emma Rault talked to some industry veterans about their expectations, preferences and pet peeves.
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School’s in for Summer!
/ Asal Dardan, Katy Derbyshire, Duncan Large, Sarah Hemens
The British Centre for Literary Translation, in partnership with the National Centre for Writing, holds a much-cherished Literary Translation Summer School each year. The event brings together writers and translators from around the world, for an immersive programme of highly-practical literary translation and writing practice. The week-long event also includes panel discussions and short talks on industry topics, and readings with both authors and literary translators.
read article...Books of the Year 2020
We asked people we worked with during 2020 to share their read of the year, as well as a New Books in German choice that caught their eye.
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Not Only for Emergencies: what helps a German-language book to travel
/ Jamie Bulloch
Jamie Bulloch discusses his translation of Die Liebe im Ernstfall (Love in Five Acts) and reflects on what can help German-language books resonate with an English-speaking readership.
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Olga Grjasnowa and Katy Derbyshire: the pursuit of precision in language and interpretation
/ Katy Derbyshire, Olga Grjasnowa
Writing and translation both require the right choice of word. Olga and Katy discuss their work.
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