Wonderland Translations

19/08/2019

I really enjoyed editing Sandra Kisters' book 'The Lure of the Biographical' and was delighted to find out it has won the AICA Award for best publication:
https://www.aicanederland.org/uitreiking-aica-oorkonde-2018-aan-sandra-kisters/

De AICA-Oorkonde 2018 is op vrijdag 8 maart onder grote belangstelling uitgereikt aan Sandra Kisters voor haar boek ‘The Lure of the Biographical’ uit 2017, verschenen bij uitgeverij Va…

14/03/2019

Tonight in London! Dutch Literature Event: ‘Don't mention the i-word' on identity with authors Karin Amatmoekrim, Mano Bouzamour and Johan Fretz.

Hosted by Dutch Centre and Centre for Dutch and Flemish Studies at The London Book Fair

06/03/2019

Great news for translated fiction: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/06/translated-fiction-enjoys-sales-boom-as-uk-readers-flock-to-european-authors?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Outlook

On eve of Brexit, figures show unprecedented numbers of Britons are turning to translations of continental novels

04/03/2019

Some great tips from Alyson Coombes for anyone (but especially any translators) heading to the London Book Fair: http://fromcovertocover.co.uk/opinion/a-brief-guide-to-the-london-book-fair/

Olympia London, 12–14 March 2019 It’s nearly that time again! In just over a week, we’ll all be cramming ourselves back into the Olympia Exhibition Centre opposite Kensington Olympia station for the London Book Fair. This will be my fifth year at LBF, and although I’m probably still fairly n...

02/01/2019

Before Christmas, I was busy working on the translation of "The Last Newspaper Reader" by Michael Angele. The first part is now available online as a podcast:

https://player.fm/series/monocle-24-the-stack-1288305/the-last-newspaper-reader-part-one

Feel free to have a listen!

Listen to The Last Newspaper Reader: Part One and 99 other episodes by Monocle 24: The Stack. No signup or install required.

20/11/2018

The competition for our 2019 Emerging Translators Programme is now open! Instructions on how to apply and the sample text for translation to enter the competition are here: Instructions.doc Mahlstrom.docx A brand-new programme for 2019 We are delighted to announce that our Emerging Translators Progr...

20/11/2018

Classic and contemporary international film seasons, often linked to exhibitions at Side Gallery or to Amber’s wider activity and concerns. Designed as a debate cinema, we like to organise filmmaker events and, with access to our digitised collection, can arrange special interest screenings of Amb...

16/10/2018

Geisteswissenschaften International Nonfiction Translators Competition Geisteswissenschaften International in cooperation with Frankfurt Book Fair New York is inviting all aspiring translators of German to participate in a competition. The winning translations will receive prize money – first plac...

26/07/2018

An important distinction:

Thank you very much to the The Guardian for setting the record straight on this http://ow.ly/WDzy30l7SZ5

06/07/2018

I really enjoyed translating Marina Naprushkina's columns for publication in the book 'Courageous Citizens: How Culture Contributes to Social Change' (European Cultural Foundation/Valiz). My CAT tool seems delighted with the result!

31/05/2018

I recently translated the short story 'The Inheritance' written by EUPL winner Claudiu M. Florian (2016). It has been published in an anthology containing 35 other short stories by previous EUPL winners. You can read them all and vote for your favourite by following the links below:

Vote for your favourite European story - Win a trip to Vienna & the Awards ceremony ceremony

09/05/2018

This morning I received a lovely, big, green book through the letterbox to add to my collection of books I've worked on.

About a year ago I translated an essay by Diedrich Diederichsen all about punk and politics in the eighties. It's great to see it in print in this book entitled 'The Long 1980s: Constellations of Art, Politics and Identities', published by Valiz.

http://www.valiz.nl/en/publications/the-long-80s.html

25/04/2018

What is a good translation?
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Seagull-Newsletter---April-2018.html?soid=1117322804977&aid=fuEe9qSw1Sg

09/04/2018

Packing my bags for the London Book Fair. I'm looking forward to catching some interesting talks in the Literary Translation Centre and catching up with friends, colleagues and clients.

08/03/2018

'There are many borders to dismantle, but the most important are the ones within our own hearts and minds.'

I've been working on a translation project about Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei this week.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/02/refugee-crisis-human-flow-ai-weiwei-china

I was a child refugee. I know how it feels to live in a camp, robbed of my humanity, says the artist and activist Ai Weiwei

24/01/2018

I've just finished working on a translation from Marina Naprushkina's 'Neue Heimat? Wie Flüchtlinge uns zu besseren Nachbarn machen' (featured in the clip below).

It's all about a neighbourhood initiative for refugees that Naprushkina set up in Berlin. Finding out about the daily lives of refugees in Germany and the struggles they face has been a real eye-opener.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvo7DUilkAk

On Europe Day (9 May) the European Cultural Foundation has presented four outstanding laureates with the 2017 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture: litera...

04/01/2018

Happy New Year from Wonderland Translations. I've already got a handful of projects lined up for this year that I'm really excited to be working on!

23/10/2017

Ayça Türkoğlu’s translation of Deniz Tarsus’s "The Canary" appears in the October 2017 issue: "What Unites Us: Turkish Short Stories​."