I’ve been thinking about what I want to accomplish in the new year personally and professionally, and I’ve come up with a list of professional goals. I’m not calling these “resolutions” because so often the term “resolution” seems to call up the idea of something that’s wrong and has to be changed. There can also…
Short Edition is a French online publisher making short stories available to readers in French and English. There is a range of genres, including romance and science fiction and fantasy, and the stories are sorted according to how long it takes to read them: 1 minute, 3 minutes, or 5 minutes. In 2016, Short Edition…
There is a long history of feathers in fashion, as they add color, texture, and flair to bodices, shoulders, or hems. It’s hard to imagine them on everyday clothing, but for costumes or for expressing wild creative visions they’re extremely eye-catching and appealing. The dress above was designed by Yves Saint Laurent for dancer Zizi…
I’m hosting an “Ask Me Anything” event about translation through March 8 on the #AuthorsAMA channel at AMAfeed.com. I’m looking forward to seeing what kinds of questions I get! I hope to provide a window onto what translators do and to have some interesting conversations. Come and visit me and ask me anything! https://authorsama.amafeed.com/im-a-french-to-english-translator-with-3-books-under-my-belt-ask-me-485082 UPDATE:…
There tend to be a lot of summer reading lists, but what about winter reading? When the weather gets frigid, there’s nothing better than curling up on the couch with a good book. Here are seven great books in translation published in 2017 that I’m excited to recommend to you as the days get shorter.…
Last month, I had the opportunity to speak to a French translation class at Duke University about the translation profession. I’ve previously blogged about starting a translation career, French fashion translation, and avoiding literalism (here and here). For this presentation, based on student interest, I focused on the fields of advertising and marketing, drawing examples…
Translating Laurence Benaïm’s masterful biography Yves Saint Laurent (forthcoming from Rizzoli) was a fascinating and intense experience. For one thing, upon delving into the world of French fashion translation, I discovered more kinds of fabric than I had ever known existed. One saving grace was that for many of these fabrics, the English translation is…
Here are five museum shows in New York that I’m really looking forward to this summer, in no particular order: Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C. – A.D. 220) currently on view at the Met Museum (through July 16) This show features over 160 objects from 32 museums and archaeological…
While managing the mentoring program for the New York Circle of Translators, I’ve had the chance to come up with some basic advice for translators. Of course, before you start out, you need to be confident that you can translate accurately and know your source language and target language thoroughly. My advice for translators here does not focus…
The Frick Collection has just received the largest gift in its history: a collection of portrait medals from the Renaissance onwards given by Stephen K. Scher and Janie Woo Scher. To celebrate this donation, a selection of 100 of these medals will be on view today through September 12, 2017. The exhibition is organized by Aimee Ng, associate…