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Translators Note is a show where we examine the ins and outs of translation today through conversations with translators, writers and scholars. We are produced and hosted by Abby Ryder-Huth (IWW '20, MFALT '21), Julia Conrad (NWP '20, MFALT '21), and Claire Breger-Belsky (MFALT '23).

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A Conversation with Arthur Sze

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Jake Goldwasser

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Translators Note host Jake Goldwasser talks to poet and translator Arthur Sze about Classical Chinese Poetry, Chinese modernism, and his new book, The Silk Dragon II.

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Our theme music is by Nate Repasz; other music in the episode is by Tim Kahn.

A Conversation with Valzhyna Mort

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Jake Goldwasser

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Translators Note host Jake Goldwasser talks to the poet and translator Valzhyna Mort about translation led by music and using translation as a writing process. Listen here on Spotify.

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Our theme music is by Nate Repasz; other music in the episode is by Tim Kahn.

A Conversation with Margaret Ross

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Jake Goldwasser in Interviews

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Translators Note host Jake Goldwasser talks to the poet and translator Margaret Ross about the frame of a poem and her translations of the Chinese poet Huang Fan. Listen here on Spotify.

Tagged as: Iowa Writers Workshop, Modern Poetry in Translation, Poets Translate Poets

Season Three Teaser: Julia Conrad and Abby Ryder-Huth

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Jake Goldwasser in Interviews

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To kick off the new season, Jake Goldwasser talks to the creators of Translators Note, Julia Conrad and Abby Ryder-Huth, about the podcast and the books they are working on. Listen here on Spotify.

A Conversation with Mary Jo Bang

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Claire Breger-Belsky

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For our spring episode of Translators Note, Claire talks with Mary Jo Bang about her experiences with co-translation, translating Dante, and being translated herself.

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A Conversation with John Keene

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Claire Breger-Belsky

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After a long delay, please enjoy this newest episode of Translators Note, in which the wonderful John Keene speak about translation, our conversation moving from his own work to broader ideas about the art and the field.

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Translation & Language Justice: A Conversation with Jen/Eleana Hofer

Posted on May 20, 2022 by Claire Breger-Belsky

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Where do we find the intersections between translation practices and frameworks of language justice? How can the metaphors we use to talk about translation move toward language justice? In this episode, I spoke to Jen/Eleana Hofer about these questions and others, and about their work with language justice and as…

No Footnotes on Stage: The Theater Translation Episode

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Claire Breger-Belsky

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Only a fraction of works published in translation are plays, and only a fraction of plays produced are translations, but theater is a wonderful genre that comes with its own unique set of translation challenges.

Collectives and Community: The ALTA and Alta Episode

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Claire Breger-Belsky

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People commonly picture translators, like writers, working alone with their texts. Presenting a different view, this episode explores community and the ways translators support each other and work together.

The Translated City

Posted on May 21, 2021

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How does translation grapple with place and transport us through language? Chinese translator Jennifer Feeley joins Abby Ryder-Huth to talk about bringing a sense of Hong Kong and Cantonese speech to her translation of "Patient," a short story by Wong Yi published in 2020 by Asymptote.

Macro + Micro: The Publishing Process

Posted on March 24, 2021

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In Episode #2 of Translators Note, we take a closer look at three translated books published this past year, and the processes, trends, and intercultural dynamics at play as a translation project enters the world. Jack Jung, translator of Yi Sang: Selected Works (ed.

The Web

Posted on February 23, 2021 in Translators Note

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In our debut episode, "The Web," producers Abby Ryder-Huth and Julia Conrad look at translation in the classroom and how it expands beyond. With guests Aron Aji, Reid Dempsey, and David Gramling, and featuring Carolyn Liu.