Comments on: Jessica Papin on "Vampires, New Years Resolutions, and Works in Translation" http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-14821 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:59:09 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/#comment-14821 童裝批發

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]]> By: Yahzi http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-14447 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:26:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/#comment-14447 Michael Kandel & Stanislaw Lem – I've never seen any translation but MK's of the Cyberiad – unbelievable that even a translator could make Lem dull.

On the other hand, Cyberiad is full of language games – at one point a computer composes a love poem where every word begins with the letter M (iirc). I can't imagine translating that!

MK was a genius.

]]> By: Usman http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-14408 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:31:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/#comment-14408 Great topic and great post.
My Name Is Red, has to be one of the books that has most influenced me.
I’d recommend Saadat Hasan Manto’s short stories; especially his “Letter to Uncle Sam.” It’s been translated by Khalid Hasan into English. And while Saadat wrote it in the 50’s it is relevant today.
I am sure you can find it by doing a google search.

]]> By: Jim Donahue http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-14406 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:12:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/#comment-14406 Long ago, I’d read about Polish SF writer Stanislaw Lem and thought he sounded interesting. I picked up a collection of short stories, one of which was his, in translation, and was singularly unimpressed. Dull, dull, dull.

Still, continuing to read raves for his work, I got a book of his short stories (“The Cyberiad”) out of the library, started reading–and loved it. In the middle of one of the stories, I suddenly realized it was the same story I had read in the other volume, but in a different translation. This version, translated by Michael Kandel, absolutely sparkled with wordplay absent from the other translation.

So, let us honor the art of the translator! It is hard work, indeed.

]]> By: Wanda B. Ontheshelves http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-14405 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:12:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/#comment-14405 I just finished SUITE FRANCAISE and loved it – I understand there are other novels by Irene Nemirovsky, but not sure if they are translated into English. Am also making my way through War and Peace for a second time – I really love that book! As well, Pabo Neruda’s CANTO GENERAL and Anna Akhmatova’s collected poetry.

All oldies but goodies, what can I say.

I like what “a little fool” has to say about 2666 on Amazon – “…the feeling that you’re being taken on a crazy journey across multiple continents throughout the twentieth century.”

]]> By: Alli http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-14404 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:21:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/#comment-14404 Spyscribbler – thank you so much for your post. You made me all warm and fuzzy!

]]> By: spyscribbler http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-14403 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:04:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/#comment-14403 Have you read The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon? You’ve probably heard of it already, but in the beginning, the father takes his son to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, and he says:

“This is a place of mystery, Daniel, a sanctuary. Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens… In this place, books no longer remembered by anyone, books that are lost in time, live forever, waiting for the day when they will reach a new reader’s hands. In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody’s best friend.”

How can we not love that?! The prequel just sold to the US market. I think it’s coming out late 2010, not sure.

]]> By: ryan field http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-14401 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:52:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/#comment-14401 Once again the resolution was not to be as quick to lose my temper. And I’m getting there.

]]> By: Haste yee back ;-) http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-14402 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:52:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/#comment-14402 I think Pub Houses would jump all over an autobiography written by Paris Hilton in Bantu… (if there were a lot “pictures”)! Speaking of a rolodex of media connections – WOWZA!

Haste yee back 😉

]]> By: Alli http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-14400 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:10:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/01/jessica-papin-on-vampires-new-years-resolutions-and-works-in-translation/#comment-14400 What a fabulous post, Jessica! I grew up in Australia and Irish writers seem to get a good following in Oz. As for translations, I am a big fan of Indian and Latin American writers. There is something about the story telling that is vastly different to writers from other countries. You’ve inspired me to hunt out some translations now. Thank you!
PS I do admire the translators. Such a tough job (for the reasons other posters have mentioned). They don’t get the glory they deserve.

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