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A Conversation with Literary Translator and Publisher Marina Sofia
Marina Sofia grew up in Romania and lives in England. Marina translates literary fiction and crime novels from Romanian and German into...
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Ilze Duarte Literary Translator
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Jul 216 min read
Tips for Emerging Literary Translators
I am thrilled to announce that, as part of the Literary Translation Award I have received from Sundial House, my translation of Brazilian...
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Jan 173 min read
"How do you know it was your translation?"
In the summer of 2023, writer and translator Yilin Wang took to then-Twitter to demand that the British Museum credit her and pay her for...
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Dec 11, 20235 min read
Brazilian Literature in English Translation: 2023 Highlights
This has been an eventful year for Brazilian literature in English translation. A classic of Brazilian literature received a new English...
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Oct 13, 20233 min read
Literatura de Cordel: Literature on a String
Ilze Duarte writes about Literatura de Cordel, or Literature on a String, a traditional folk art typical of the northeast of Brazil.
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Aug 8, 20233 min read
August is Women In Translation Month
In the literary world, August is Women In Translation Month. To celebrate it, I offer my recommendations of works by Brazilian women in...
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Jan 26, 20237 min read
The Myth of the Short Sentence in English-Language Literary Fiction
As an English Language and Literature major at Universidade de São Paulo, I took courses in Portuguese- and English-language literature....
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Jan 9, 20236 min read
Translation Metaphors
Literary translators have often described their work and roles as professionals through metaphors. These are highly individualized...
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Dec 9, 20223 min read
Brazilians reading works by Brazilian authors
In a previous post (11/04/22), I bemoaned the difficulties Brazilian authors experience in having their books published and promoted in...
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Nov 26, 20224 min read
Beware of False Friends between Portuguese and English
This is an updated version of my original post, in which I had used the term "false cognates." I had to reconsider my use of the term...
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Nov 11, 20225 min read
Saudade and Untranslatability
I have met many Brazilians who claim with pride that the Portuguese word saudade doesn't exist in any other language. They imply saudade...
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Nov 4, 20224 min read
Why I translate literature from Portuguese to English only
I was born and raised in Brazil. My great-grandparents were Portuguese and Italian immigrants, and I grew up speaking Portuguese and...
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Oct 21, 20227 min read
What We Mean by a Faithful Translation
If you are a translator, you are probably familiar with the Italian play on words "traduttore/traditore," or translator/traitor. Clichés...
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Oct 14, 20223 min read
Works by Brazilian authors in recent and upcoming English translations
In the past few years, important works of Brazilian literature have appeared in English translation for the first time or in a new...
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Sep 30, 20223 min read
More Giants of Brazilian Literature: Mário de Andrade and Cecília Meireles
In my previous post, I wrote about a few works by Brazilian writers I started reading in my youth. In this post I write about Mário de...
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Sep 23, 20223 min read
Beginnings: An Education in Brazilian Literature
I went to public schools in São Paulo, Brazil from first grade to university. I didn't get a good education in science or history, but I...
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Sep 17, 20223 min read
My translator journey
I was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil in a monolingual household. I fell in love with English sometime in middle school, where...
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Sep 13, 20221 min read
Welcome to Ilze's blog on all things translation
Well, maybe not all things translation. I am a Portuguese-to-English literary translator, and that is the type of translation I will be...
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