The art and craft of translating fiction
Novelist Naomi Alderman reports on the art of translating fiction, with writers Ian McEwan, AS Byatt, Ali Smith and David Baddiel, and joins three translators tackling Jules Verne.
Novelist Naomi Alderman reports on the art of translating fiction, with writers Ian McEwan, A S Byatt, Ali Smith and David Baddiel.
Every novelist dreams of being translated into dozens of foreign languages, but the relationship between author and translator can be fraught. If it goes right, it can lead to close friendship - but what happens when it goes wrong? And is a translation ultimately closer to being an original work than we might think?
Naomi also joins three professionals for a translation slam. Adriana Hunter, Daniel Hahn and Frank Wynne discuss their different English versions of paragraphs from the French novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.
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Photo credit: Michael Trevillion
Ian McEwan
Ali Smith
David Baddiel
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Naomi Alderman |
| Interviewed Guest | Ian McEwan |
| Interviewed Guest | AS Byatt |
| Interviewed Guest | Ali Smith |
| Interviewed Guest | David Baddiel |
| Producer | Nicki Paxman |
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- Wed 7 Aug 2013 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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