Things found on the web in random hops, skips, and jumps. Because that’s how we roll.
β’ Oldish. but the Three Percent Blog talks a little bit about the Dalkey Archive Press collection of Korean translations. It is the second segment of the blog and begins at about 11:05. Β This is very interesting as it talks about the programs the LTI Korea do to subsidise translation into English – and it’s a good deal. Then it goes on to talk about the Dalkey books in general. They do take a rather hard smack at Dalkey’s books saying that Dalkey didn’t read and proof the books they published. Unfortunately, in the latest set of Dalkey books, that seems to be a bit true. They also mention the …. ‘ahem’…. covers. Anyway.. it is entirely worth checking out.
β’ Continuing with the Dalkey theme, translator Deborah Smith (Han Kang’s Vegetarian), talks a bit about the last five books published by Dalkey. Her takes are not the same as mine, but worth checking out.
β’ Finally, over at BookBrunch, Dalkey Archive Press’s John O’Brien “reflects on the background to the Library of Korean Literature series, a collaboration between Dalkey Archive and the Literature Translation Institute of Korea.” A decent read.^^
Have you seen this? It seems relevant. http://www.wsj.com/articles/japan-gets-the-word-out-with-books-in-english-1427689744
Looks good, but locked behind a firewall for me..
At the end of the following edition of the Three Percent podcast, the comments I sent in on that series are briefly discussed too π