Monthly Archives: August 2012

What Is a Wall, After All? Or, books for boys who aren’t into stories

Posted on August 29, 2012 by forwardtranslations

I was honoured with the opportunity to read fils aîné his bedtime story this evening – normally that’s very much Daddy’s terrain. The book he chose was one I hadn’t previously read myself and not, strictly speaking, a story… What … Continue reading →

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What can you really tell from a book cover?

Posted on August 23, 2012 by forwardtranslations

I was out for lunch with the boys the other day and in the café was a pile of secondhand books for sale in aid of the local hospice. After a quick glance through, there was one that caught my … Continue reading →

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Inkheart by Cornelia Funke – Better Late than Never

Posted on August 15, 2012 by forwardtranslations

Having been unable to get hold of a copy of Inkheart when I was doing my blogathon challenge on translated children’s literature, I have now just finished reading it. About the book: Meggie loves books. So does her father, Mo,a … Continue reading →

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A Silver and a Gold on the Same Day – Not the Olympics, it’s Story Lab!

Posted on August 11, 2012 by forwardtranslations

In case you can’t decipher the handwriting, for the Story Lab Summer Reading Challenge, fils aîné has read: Ambrose Goes for Gold by Tor Freeman The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Vipont Rastamouse (not sure of the exact title, and … Continue reading →

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An Epic Undertaking – the Lymond Saga by Dorothy Dunnett

Posted on August 9, 2012 by forwardtranslations

I’ve just finished yet another fat book, this time Queens’ Play by Dorothy Dunnett (1964), the second in a series of six books telling the story of Francis Crawford of Lymond and published between 1961 and 1975. Everyone I know … Continue reading →

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Letters after my name, or becoming a Member of the ITI…

Posted on August 7, 2012 by forwardtranslations

So, I mentioned a while ago that I was applying for membership of the ITI, the “only independent professional association of practising translators and interpreters in the United Kingdom”. It took a while to get all the paperwork together, and … Continue reading →

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10 Years Down the Line – Expectations and Reality of Literary Translation

Posted on August 6, 2012 by forwardtranslations

This time ten years ago I was working on my MA dissertation – an annotated translation of Gudrun Pausewang‘s Die Verräterin, which would be published by Andersen Press as Traitor about two years later – eight years ago yesterday, in fact. … Continue reading →

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On the Summer Reading Challenge

Posted on August 5, 2012 by forwardtranslations

On yesterday’s family trip to the library, both boys signed up for the Story Lab summer reading challenge. Fils aîné is quite interested in it for its own sake, while fils cadet likes anything that’ll result in him getting stickers… … Continue reading →

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