Completism, Retranslations, and Discovering New Writers.

An interview with translator Margaret Jull Costa is presented. Topics include she discusses translation grants is being offered by a number of countries and how independent publishers are concerned about the quality of the book, her advice to younger translators is to approach the writer's agent for...

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Published in:World Literature Today Vol. 94; no. 4; pp. 10 - 13
Main Author: Esposito, Veronica
Format: Interview
Published: World Literature Today Autumn2020
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Summary:An interview with translator Margaret Jull Costa is presented. Topics include she discusses translation grants is being offered by a number of countries and how independent publishers are concerned about the quality of the book, her advice to younger translators is to approach the writer's agent for payment by publishers, and retranslations of poetry by César Vallejo.