Where Does Translation End and Co-Translation Begin?

A new monthly series of knowledge-sharing open sessions for literary translators and appreciators of translated works from all backgrounds and experience levels.

Working in pairs. Hiring readers. Workshopping. Trusting editors. There are many ways to get a manuscript from a draft to a final translation. But does “translation” only happen during the drafting stage? How much of revision and editing are also translation? And when does an “edit” become a de facto co-translation? In conversation with Alex Zucker, Korean literature translator Sora Kim-Russell will summon the spirits lurking behind her bylines to discuss the anxieties of revising work and giving credit.

The Literary Translation Clinics are held on the third Thursday of the month and are hosted by members of the translator collective, Cedilla & Co. Each one-hour clinic will feature a presentation or conversation followed by a Q&A. Topics will range from questions and theories of craft to submissions, contracts, and other practical concerns, always with an eye to literary translation as a profession. Attendees are encouraged to bring questions from their own practice.