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More on Retranslation, This Time at UCLA

By mbs | Published: November 19, 2008

On Tuesday, November 23, 2008, I’ll be at UCLA talking to the literary translation workshop of renowned translator Michael Henry Heim on retranslation, in particular, retranslations of Anna Karenina. What are our reasons for producing new translations of the classics, and are those reasons valid?  Do these translations serve the author, the translator, the publisher, [...]

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Discussing White Guard at University of Texas, November 19, 2008

By mbs | Published: November 9, 2008

The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) has invited me to discuss my new translation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s White Guard and the art and politics of retranslation on Wednesday, November 19th, at 2 PM, in the Asian Culture Room, Texas Union 4.224. The public is very much invited.

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Hear Schwartz Read from White Guard at BookPeople

By mbs | Published: October 14, 2008

At left, the author of White Guard, Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) I’ll be reading from my new translation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel White Guard at 7 pm on Friday, November 7th, at BookPeople.  BookPeople is located at 603 North Lamar, at the corner of 6th & Lamar, right across the street from Waterloo Records. I hope [...]

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Reading the World Conversation Series, Wednesday, October 1, 2008

By mbs | Published: September 29, 2008

I’m going to be featured in this Translators Roundtable, discussing obstacles and opportunities related to literary translation. The roundtable also includes Edward Gauvin, translator of French graphic novels filmscripts; Michael Emmerich, translator of young Japanese writers; and Martha Tennent, who translates Catalan literature. This event is free and open to the public. Reading the World [...]

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