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Street Talk

Translator listens in to the word on the street in cities around the world.

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As America narrows its linguistic identity by executive order, the fight over who gets to be heard —and in what language—returns with new urgency

By: Kim Young-hwa- Asia, South Korea – Translated from: Korean

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On the life-art of translation

An interview with Jen Calleja—one of Britain’s leading translators—and Gregor Hens—one of Germany’s leading writers—about their new books, and their career-long collaboration

By Odhran O’Donoghue

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Massacre of the penguins

A journey into a Patagonian mystery, piecing together the crime that led to a historic trial

By Verónica Bonacchi
Translated from Spanish

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Bamburu Awith (The wasps are here)

The film that still resonates in contemporary Sri Lanka, half a century after it was made

By Tharindu Uduwaragadera
Translated from Sinhala

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An unexpected tale from a no-longer-forgotten city

A photo essay from Khartoum and Berber April 2023-ongoing

By Hassan KamilHassan Kamil

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The rescue that never came

A harrowing investigation into how young people are trafficked into scam compoundsn in Southeast Asia, and the journey of one Chinese family seeking justice for their son

BY  Huo Beixiong
Translated by Kin-Long Tong From: Chinese

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Russia’s war on minority languages

Translator speaks to four representatives on the linguistic frontline

BY Theo Merz

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The Hunter

Sex, education and the Special Period in Cuba

excerpt from  The HIDDEN ISLAND by Abraham Jiménez Enoa

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The Egyptian circus and its victims

Living and dying with lions (and tigers) on the Nile

BY Mohamed al-Zalbani
Translated from Arabic by Elete Nelson-Fearon

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That’s me clattering about… when I lift the lid to see if the characters have come to the boil

We want to highlight the work and processes of one translator, interpreter, or those working in multilingual environments by flicking through their notebooks, both real and metaphorical. Paul Russell-Garrett—a leading literary translator from Danish, Norwegian (and occasionally) Swedish—opened up his notebooks for us.

By Paul Russell-GarrettPaul Russell-Garrett

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