translation

People pose for a photo, mimicking the character in an advertisement as they visit Ebisu-bashi bridge, a popular tourist spot in Osaka, western Japan, Nov. 30, 2020.
Language
This group in Japan is on a mission to correct English mistranslations
Translator Natasha Wimmer, the book cover for “The Spirit of Science Fiction” and the author Roberto Bolaño.
Books
Translating Roberto Bolaño into English
Arts, Culture & Media
Gregory Rabassa on Translation
Arts, Culture & Media
Translating Judy Blume
Arts, Culture & Media
How Shakespeare Came Alive for Me — and Stays Alive Today
A 1923 studio portrait of the In zikh ("Introspectivist") poetry group.
Culture
Jennifer Kronovet studied Yiddish so she could communicate with the dead
Bad Doberan, Germany is the home of Zappanale, an annual summer festival inspired by the life and work of Frank Zappa.
Culture
In the former East Germany, Frank Zappa lives on as a beacon of freedom
A protester holds up a sign at an anti-Trump demonstration in Washington DC.
Global Politics
The Putinization of Donald Trump
Larry Hagman at JR in Dallas, watched around the world.
Culture
Talking Texas in Iran
Many Kenyans, like this man, do not speak English-- but they may speak several African languages.
Development
To make a real difference in some of Africa’s poorest countries, we should train more translators
subtitles
Media
Meet the folks behind the subtitles on your favorite movies and streaming TV shows
Proust
Books
Poet, translator, soldier, spy? Remembering the man who brought Proust to the English world
Translator extraordinaire Ayub Nuri on the right, along with reporter Aaron Schachter and their driver Abdulrazzaq Zanjeel at a street cafe in Baghdad in 2003.
Conflict
Fixers are a foreign reporter’s best friend — and often their lifeline
Google Translate turns "quid pro quo" into "What happens in Vegas!"
Culture
It’s possible to translate the untranslatable — if you have enough time
The interpreters' booth at the Nuremberg trials. From left to right: Capt. Macintosh, British Army, translates from French into English; Miss Margot Bortlin, translates from German into English; Lt. Ernest Peter Uiberall, Monitor.
Global Politics
How the Nuremberg Trials changed interpretation forever
Illustration from a 1905 edition of "Grimms' Fairy Tales. The dwarfs warn Snow White not to accept anything from strangers. (Illustration: Franz Jüttner )
Books
We love fairy tales — maybe we’d love them more if they were translated right
Culture
What do the words mutton, sheep and robot have in common? Translation!
Urayoan Noel
Lost in Translation: Urayoán Noel Gives Poet Cesar Vallejo a Digital Makeover
Full Episode
Arts, Culture & Media
Silicon Valley Seeks to Translate the World
Africans often miss out on resources because of lack of translations
The World in Words
Getting Kids to Speak Africa’s Languages, One Doll at a Time
Sports
The Language of Disability Around the World
The World in Words
Podcast: Africa’s Translation Gap
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Enjoy Culinary Delights’ — The Trouble With Literal Translations From Chinese
The World in Words
Podcast: Translators Past, Present and Future
Conflict & Justice
Machine translation for the military
World Books Review: An Authoritative Gathering of Modern Chinese Drama
Arts, Culture & Media
Relics on tour in the UK
Arts, Culture & Media
New translation of Arabian Nights
Arts, Culture & Media
Getting Americans to read Swedish literature