Check it out! My translation of Bambiland is on the move! On Saturday, March 23rd, 2024, Berlin's Tatwerk will host director Peter Lorenz and actress Jelena Bašić as they bring their brilliant rendering of this Nobel Laureate Elfriede Jelinek's "Bambiland" to life (and in living color) to the stage in my translation. What's the big … Continue reading Bambiland is Back
Elfriede Jelinek
Translating the Untranslatable: Elfriede Jelinek in Translation
(Hearty congratulations to translator Aaron Sayne, whose translation of Elfriede Jelinek's "Ahörnchen und Behörnchen" appears as "Chip 'n Dale" in the most recent edition of the University of Iowa's journal of literary translation, Exchanges. In his translator's note, Aaron mentions my Emory lecture on translating Jelinek and cites this blog as his reference, but since … Continue reading Translating the Untranslatable: Elfriede Jelinek in Translation
Uncomfortable Truths 