Thrilling book by Pablo de Santis (setting: Argentine village during a translators conference) Thread poster: Stephanie Wloch
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Anybody who knows the thriller by Pablo de Santis?
La traduccion (1998)
Die Übersetzung (2000)
Setting: a small village in Argentina during a translator's conference about lost argots held in a small village in Argentina
It must be very thrilling, mysterious and somehow an insight into the world of literary translators.
German Reviews are rather enthusiastic.
I wonder why it is not yet translated into English.
Deutsc... See more Anybody who knows the thriller by Pablo de Santis?
La traduccion (1998)
Die Übersetzung (2000)
Setting: a small village in Argentina during a translator's conference about lost argots held in a small village in Argentina
It must be very thrilling, mysterious and somehow an insight into the world of literary translators.
German Reviews are rather enthusiastic.
I wonder why it is not yet translated into English.
Deutsche Besprechung hier:
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,102039,00.html
En espanol aqui:
http://www.literatura.org/deSantis/pdsC3.html ▲ Collapse
| | | | Aurora Humarán (X) 
Argentina
Local time: 16:04
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Hi, Tuliparola.
I read it and was somehow disappointed. There is not much about translation, as its title may suggest. (Perhaps I saw it as a promise and was then disappointed) It is a good novel, though.
Aurora
[Edited at 2005-06-23 14:57]
| | | | Jan Pohl
Spain
Local time: 21:04
Spanish to German
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| There are better books (in my opinion) | Jun 23, 2005 |
Hi,
I read it, too, and I was disappointed, too.
Good luck,
Jan
| | | | Stephanie Wloch
Germany
Local time: 21:04
Member (2003)
Dutch to German
TOPIC STARTER | Better novels with translators as leading characters? | Jun 24, 2005 |
Hi Jan,
I am really very curious:
do you mean other books (novels) with translators as
main characters? Which ones?
Aurora: thank you for your opinion,
which is very helpful, because up to now
I haven't read a review about the book
written by a translator.
And yes I would have high expectations too,
before starting the book regarding translators world.
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Jan Pohl
Spain
Local time: 21:04
Spanish to German
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| Perhaps there's an interesting one | Jun 24, 2005 |
Hi Turiparola,
no I didn't mean novels with translators as main characters but others (if you're interested, I send you a short list with my faves to your email direction).
But actually, I'm behind a novel with a translator as main character: It's called "No se hable más" and it's from Mariano Antolín Rato (Alianza, MAdrid, 2005). I didn't read it yet, because my book-seller doesn't find it in his shop...
It's about a translator who lives in the Albaicín... See more Hi Turiparola,
no I didn't mean novels with translators as main characters but others (if you're interested, I send you a short list with my faves to your email direction).
But actually, I'm behind a novel with a translator as main character: It's called "No se hable más" and it's from Mariano Antolín Rato (Alianza, MAdrid, 2005). I didn't read it yet, because my book-seller doesn't find it in his shop...
It's about a translator who lives in the Albaicín quarter of Granada, well, and I'm a translator and I'm living in the Albaicín of Granada, too. Sounds interesting, dosn't it?
Ciao
Jan ▲ Collapse
| | | | Aurora Humarán (X)
Argentina
Local time: 16:04
English to Spanish
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| If you can read in Spanish... | Jun 24, 2005 |
http://www.e-nuevoser.com.ar/autores/emiliosierra.html
There seems to be a translation into German:
http://www.gallileus.info/gallileus/search/search_history/celos/search_broker
Celos en la Fontana di Trevi
Emilio Sierra
[..]«Si bien este libro tiene como protagonistas a traductores, y se introduce en el mundo de la traducción, sus requisitos, sus problemas, la falta de reconocimiento y conocimiento del público en generla, las luchas de sus cultores para ser equiparados a los demás profesionales universitarios, el tema de la novela trasciende el ámbito de los lectores». [..]
(Emilios Sierra is former President of the Colegio de Traductores Públicos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.)
ISBN-987-43-4996-4 ▲ Collapse
| | | | Aurora Humarán (X)
Argentina
Local time: 16:04
English to Spanish
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| again in Spanish... | Jun 24, 2005 |
"Footnote" by Rodolfo Walsh.
A real jewel. The footnote starts as a line and grows as the story moves forward. And whose is the footnote? The translator's. As the story advances, the translator gets more and more space until....
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I don't think this great story by Argentine writer Rodolfo Walsh has been translated.
[Edited at 2005-06-24 12:51]
| | | | Pilar T. Bayle (X)
Local time: 21:04
English to Spanish
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| Another novel about translation... | Jun 24, 2005 |
do you mean other books (novels) with translators as
main characters? Which ones?
One I enjoyed:
N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto
P.
www.pbayle.com
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