Ros Schwartz on Translation

(00:00) Introduction to the Guest: Rose Schwartz

(01:33) Rose Schwartz's Early Love for French

(03:29) Living in France: Experiences and Learnings

(04:37)  Entry into Translation

(06:48) Challenges and Triumphs of First Book Translation

(12:48) The Art of Translation: Balancing Meaning and Music

(15:54) Engaging with Authors: Building Trust and Understanding

(18:05) The Role of Editing in Translation

(23:03) Reading for Pleasure vs. Translation

(23:58) Evaluating Translation: A Complex Process

(25:48) The Art of Mentoring in Translation

(27:54) Pitching Translations to Publishers

(32:03) The Impact of the Writers in Translation Program

(35:06) Exploring Personal Themes in Translation

(36:19) The Meaning of Translation

(37:00) Current Projects and Future Endeavors

(38:02) The Power of Co-Translation

(42:18) About the book -Translation as Transhumance

(47:28) Closing Remarks

The guest for this Episode is Ros Schwartz.

Ros Schwartz is an award-winning translator from French. Acclaimed for her new version of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, published in 2010, she has over 100 fiction and non-fiction titles to her name. She is one of the team that has retranslated George Simenon’s Maigret novels for Penguin Classics. Her recent translations include Swiss-Cameroonian author Max Lobe’s A Long Way from Douala and Does Snow Turn a Person White Inside, a new translation of Simone Weil’s The Need for Roots and, in a very different vein, a manga version of Camus’ The Outsider.

Appointed a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2009, in 2017, she was awarded the UK Institute of Translation and Interpreting ' s John Sykes Memorial Prize for Excellence.

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