Translation als Geheimnis / Secret Übersetzung Öffentliche Abschlussveranstaltung im Rahmen der August-Wilhelm-von-Schlegel-Gastprofessur mit Susan Bernofsky und Studierenden der FU Berlin Übersetzung ist der heimliche Kern jedes Schreibens, jedes Sprechens. Translation ist sichtbar/unsichtbar überall zu spüren, auch in den etymologisch versteckten Metaphern jeder Sprache. Literarisch zu übersetzen heißt, einen Text zu entwerfen, der durch eine geheimnisvolle […]

Conversation with writer and critic Ryan Ruby about Robert Walser and Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser

Keynote address, "Making the Canon, Breaking the Canon: The Task of the Translator" Conference hosted by Emory University's Department of German Studies

Panel, American Literary Translators Association Conference Literary translation is a profession that is relatively portable. And yet, translation also leaves its trace. Translators’ papers, or their hard drives, can be a treasure for those interested in exploring the work of their predecessors. Often these doc- uments are incidental to the archive of a writer or […]

Reading to celebrate Yoko Tawada's Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel featuring Susan Bernofsky in conversation with Marie Myung-Ok Lee, author of Hurt You and The Evening Hero .

Translating Kafka: A Roundtable The translators Susan Bernofsky, Ross Benjamin, and Shelley Frisch will discuss Kafka and translation, moderated by scholar Michelle Woods. The panel will address the history of translations of Kafka’s work into English and other languages, specific features of his use of language, his response to translated works as a reader, and […]

While contemporary fiction is generally translated in a contemporary mode, things can quickly get complicated when a translator approaches an older literary work. Suddenly there are choices to be made on how to communicate the age and style of the work– lots of choices! And it turns out that some of the factors we take […]

Us&Them: A Writer-Translator Reading Series - 10th Anniversary Celebration

The GEGENÜBER magazine of the Goethe-Institut in North America continues its series of online conversations with contemporary German-language authors and scholars. This time, join us for “Climbing the Magic Mountain”, a conversation presented by Goethe-Institut Boston. Literary translator Susan Bernofsky and scholar Veronika Fuechtner discuss the challenges of translating and editing Thomas Mann’s The Magic […]