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Translation

The work of crossing linguistic borders — and what is always gained and lost in the crossing.

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Books
Book

The Translator's Invisibility — Lawrence Venuti

The politics and ethics of translation. Who decides how foreign texts enter a culture.

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People
Person

Lawrence Venuti

Temple University translation theorist whose 1995 Translator's Invisibility argued that English-language publishing systematically erases the translator's interpretive work. The most-cited single book in modern translation studies.

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Institutions
Institution

American Literary Translators Association

Supporting the work of literary translators. Awards, resources, and community.

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Tools & media
Tool

DeepL

The most accurate machine translation available. Consistently beats Google Translate for nuance.

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Translation is at best an echo. — George Borrow — Lavengro