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You can’t appreciate the greatest book if the translation is rubbish: Deborah Smith​

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http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/sCIA4vINhT7MtB93UqSRjN/You-cant-appreciate-the-greatest-book-if-the-translation-i.html#.WIf3DkQ0oec
Journal
​​Mint​
Issued Date
January 23, 2017
Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED STATES
City
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Book
The Vegetarian
Writer
Han Kang
Translator
Deborah Smith

About the Author

  • Han Kang
  • Birth : 1970 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kang
  • Family Name : Han
  • Korean Name : 한강
  • ISNI : 0000000054537103
  • Works : 161
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  • English(English)

Deborah Smith was 22 when she first started learning a new language. Like most Britishers, she was monolingual till she picked up Korean in 2010 with a view to become a translator. A couple years on, she got her first book assignment: a 2007 book by an author called Han Kang. Smith started working on it, she says, with extensive help from a dictionary app on her phone. This book, which was later titled The Vegetarian, went on to win Man Booker Prize International Prize in 2016.

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