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Blurring Genre, Gender: The Rich Challenges of Translating Kim de l’Horizon’s Wild Fiction

Blurring Genre, Gender: The Rich Challenges of Translating Kim de l’Horizon’s Wild Fiction

Jamie Lee Searle Reflects on Capturing the Elusive Essence of “Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues”

By Jamie Lee Searle | August 25, 2025

Metamorphosis as The Transformation"> The Case for Renaming Kafka’s <em

The Case for Renaming Kafka’s <em

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Metamorphosis as The Transformation">The Case for Renaming Kafka’s Metamorphosis as The Transformation

Mark Harman Digs into the History and Linguistic Choices of Translating an Uncanny Classic

By Mark Harman | August 8, 2025

The Special Challenges of Attempting a New Translation of Kafka

The Special Challenges of Attempting a New Translation of Kafka

Mark Harman on Learning to Understand Both the Surfaces and “Subterranean Passages” of Kafka

By Mark Harman | May 28, 2024

Why Naoise Dolan Learned Italian for Her Book Tour

Why Naoise Dolan Learned Italian for Her Book Tour

And Why Reading, Writing, and Speaking a New Language Imperfectly is OK

By Naoise Dolan | November 7, 2023

How the Art—and Love—of Translation Relies on Intuition

How the Art—and Love—of Translation Relies on Intuition

Anne Posten on What It's Like to Fall Hard for a Text

By Anne Posten | September 16, 2020

Inventory of Losses

Inventory of Losses

Judith Schalansky trans. by Jackie Smith

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 24, 2020

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By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 31, 2019

Belonging is Not a Language You Can Learn

Belonging is Not a Language You Can Learn

On Translating a Childhood Between Five Countries

By Brittani Sonnenberg | August 19, 2019

Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of 'Barbaric'

Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of 'Barbaric'

On the 'Monstrous Development of Technology'

By Walter Benjamin | August 2, 2019

Reckoning with What It Means to Be German

Reckoning with What It Means to Be German

Nora Krug on the Complexity of Homesickness and Heimat

By Nora Krug | October 11, 2018

How a German Writer Made Peace with the Imprecision of English

How a German Writer Made Peace with the Imprecision of English

Emanuel Bergman on Cheese, Val Kilmer, and Finding a Home in Two Languages

By Emanuel Bergmann | November 17, 2017

Languages Cannot Be Assimilated or Colonized, for They Contain Multitudes

Languages Cannot Be Assimilated or Colonized, for They Contain Multitudes

Translation as Transhumance">Lauren Elkin on Translation as Transhumance

By Lauren Elkin | November 17, 2017

The Biggest Mystery of My Book is Its Cover

The Biggest Mystery of My Book is Its Cover

Rachel Kadish Tries to Track Down the Meaning of a Lost Fragment

By Rachel Kadish | June 6, 2017

Announcing the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize Shortlist

Announcing the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize Shortlist

Congratulations to the nominees!

By Emily Temple | April 17, 2017