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ON THE JOYFUL TEARS OF A TRANSLATOR

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Article
http://lithub.com/on-the-joyful-tears-of-a-translator/
Journal
LITERARY HUB
Issued Date
May 20, 2016
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Writer
Deborah Smith

About the Author

  • Deborah Smith
  • Birth : 1950 ~ -
  • Occupation : 행동 상담가, 작가, 강사
  • First Name : -
  • Family Name : -
  • Korean Name : 데보라 스미스
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 1
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The supposedly live stream of the announcement of the inaugural winners of the newly reconstituted Man Booker International Prize came so many minutes after the winner had been revealed by other tweeters, fewer people than intended probably ended up watching it. I did. But then, I am a literary translator, so it makes sense that I should want to witness the moment one of my colleagues received a perfect and symbolic half of the full £50,000 book prize for their translation (“symbolic” because it marks a sea change in the reception of our work; not “symbolic” in the way translators are used to understanding the word in reference to prizes)....       Source: http://lithub.com/on-the-joyful-tears-of-a-translator/

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