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Author Archives: forwardtranslations
The Mouse that Roared (in Different Dialects)
To mark the publication of The Train Mouse, here’s a slightly edited version of an article I wrote for the ITI Bulletin, which first appeared in their January-February edition (please consider buying it from an independent bookshop in these challenging … Continue reading
September is World Kid Lit Month
Following on from August as Women in Translation Month comes September, now World Kid Lit Month, so here again is a list of 10 recommendations from me. I thought this list would be easy to write as I’ve written a … Continue reading
Women in Translation Month 2019: 10 Books
Looking back through my blog for this, I see that Women in Translation Month is one thing that has prompted a regular post (once a year is regular!) in recent years. This year, it seems to have really taken off … Continue reading
Translation workshops in lovely places, part 2
Last weekend got known in our house as “the weekend with everything”. There was Cub camp for Son2, a first quarter peal for Son1, who is learning to ring church bells, a choir concert at the zoo at sunset and, … Continue reading
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Tagged commas, CPD, German, Goethe Institut, London, swearing, translation, translation workshop, workshop
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Translation workshops in lovely places, part 1
This article first appeared in the ITI German Network’s newsletter and the ITI Bulletin, so sorry if you’ve read it already, but here it is again for anyone else interested… On 2-3 May, 2019, I was lucky enough to be … Continue reading
January 2019 Reads
I don’t know quite how it got to be 2019 when I wasn’t looking, and I don’t seem to manage regularly reviews any more, but I’m hopeful that semi-regularly round-ups of what I’ve been reading lately might be more doable… … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reading, Reviews, Translation
Tagged Black Swan, books, Dorthe Mors, Erin Morgenstern, Lissa Evans, Man Booker International Prize, Man Booker Prize, Mirror Shoulder Signal, Misha Hoekstra, Old Baggage, Orange Prize, pushkin press, reading, recent reads, recommendations, reviews, The Night Circus, translation, Vintage, Women in Translation, Women's writing
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Attend by West Camel
First of all, full disclosure: West Camel is the editor of my translations of Beton Rouge and Blue Night at Orenda Books, who also publish Attend, and I was sent a PDF proof copy of by the publisher Karen a for review. … Continue reading
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Tagged Attend, books, Deptford, Orenda Books, recent reads, recommendations, West Camel
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5 Questions: Recommended German Books and The Freer Use of ‘Scheiße’
Originally posted on World Kid Lit:
Rachel Ward of Forward Translations (forwardtranslations.co.uk) is the translator of several books for young readers as well as the original translated kidlit listicle-maker over at her blog, “A Discount Ticket to Everywhere.” She translates from the…
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#WITMonth: Soft in the Head by Marie-Sabine Roger
August is Women in Translation Month, the reasons for which are discussed by Katy Derbyshire here on the Freeword Centre site, and elsewhere. So it is a fitting moment to write about Marie-Sabine Roger‘s joyful novel Soft in the Head, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reading, Reviews, Translation
Tagged books, Frank Wynne, funny books, Marie-Sabine Roger, pushkin press, reading, recent reads, recommendations, translation, up lit, WITMonth, Women in Translation
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a discount ticket to everywhere 