{"id":30959,"date":"2012-05-03T15:41:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T19:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=30959"},"modified":"2012-05-03T15:41:14","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T19:41:14","slug":"pen-presents-%e2%80%9creviewing-translations%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/03\/pen-presents-%e2%80%9creviewing-translations%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"PEN Presents: \u201cReviewing Translations\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PEN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"PEN\" width=\"218\" height=\"260\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30964\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here at <em>The Paris Review<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/930\/the-art-of-translation-no-2-robert-fagles\">the art of translation<\/a> is a subject near and dear to our hearts. Tonight, join<\/a> Haykanush Avetisyan, Ruth Franklin, Julya Rabinowich, and our very own Lorin Stein as they discuss the tricky business of reviewing translations. To quote the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pen.org\/page.php\/prmID\/1096\">PEN World Voices<\/a> site, <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When a translated work is reviewed, what exactly is being critiqued? Is it the work itself or the quality of its translation? How does reviewing a translation differ from reviewing a work in its original language? Should critics be bilingual? Should they be experts in the literature and history of foreign cultures?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cosponsored by the Austrian Cultural Forum, Ledig House, the PEN Translation Committee, the National Book Critics Circle, and the School of Writing at the New School. For details, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newschool.edu\/eventdetail.aspx?id=79522\">the PEN Web site<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at The Paris Review, the art of translation is a subject near and dear to our hearts. Tonight, join Haykanush Avetisyan, Ruth Franklin, Julya Rabinowich, and our very own Lorin Stein as they discuss the tricky business of reviewing translations. 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