12/07/2023
Sophie Hughes: "[T]ranslation didn’t turn out to be a subdued search for equivalence — for the closest possible “match” for each word — but a playful pursuit of equilibrium across an entire work, an exhilarating and, yes, joyful balancing act of loyalties: to sense, to significance and to style."
See how a translator carries a book from one language to another, line by line.