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Deborah Smith: Publishing is an industry, but translation is a community

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Article
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/deborah-smith-publishing-is-an-industry-but-translation-is-a-community-1.2688760
Journal
The Irish Times
Issued Date
June 20, 2016
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
IRELAND
City
-
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 : 160
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  • English(English)

One of the best things about the new Man Booker International prize was hearing it described as “a win for literary translation as a whole”, which seemed absolutely correct and wholly appropriate. Another quite good thing, of course, was that it was a win for me. (I have been told by some people, who clearly have never had to choose between heating and eating, that it is “vulgar” to talk about the money. I thought it best not to reveal that I’ve spent the past two months with “Twenty-five grand” on a scrolling news ticker in my head.) Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/deborah-smith-publishing-is-an-industry-but-translation-is-a-community-1.2688760

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