#ItalianLitMonth n.35: Katherine Gregor and Babas Discuss How to Train Your Human: A Cat’s Guide

Posted on by Leah Janeczko

A conversation with Italian author Babas, a.k.a. Barbara Capponi, with Katherine Gregor about Katherine's English translation of her book How to Train Your Human (HarperVia, 2024) A book that is a must for cat lovers... or those not yet sufficiently evolved to appreciate, worship and obey cats. https://videopress.com/v/yOTkm0Wo?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fglli-us.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2Fbabas-screen-capture-from-video.png&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true How to Train Your Human: A Cat’s … Continue reading #ItalianLitMonth n.35: Katherine Gregor and Babas Discuss How to Train Your Human: A Cat’s Guide

#ItalianLitMonth n.11: The Sorrows and Joys of Translating Italian Dialects: Part Two

Posted on by Leah Janeczko

by Katherine Gregor To read Part One of this article, click here. If Italian dialectal idioms are sometimes hard to convey into standard Italian, translating them into English would make Hercules throw in the towel. When considering how to translate dialect I rejected the option of using a UK regional dialect as an alternative because … Continue reading #ItalianLitMonth n.11: The Sorrows and Joys of Translating Italian Dialects: Part Two

#ItalianLitMonth n.10: The Sorrows and Joys of Translating Italian Dialects: Part One

Posted on by Leah Janeczko

by Katherine Gregor I was struggling with the copious passages in regional dialect in a novel I was translating from Italian, so I asked my publishers to put me in touch with the author so that she could help me with those expressions I couldn't find translated or explained on line. They kindly obliged. A … Continue reading #ItalianLitMonth n.10: The Sorrows and Joys of Translating Italian Dialects: Part One

The Crossing: My Journey to the Shattered Heart of Syria

Posted on by Nuri al-Khalaf

  '[...] she held out a hand above my head. "Do you swear by God that you'll tell the world what I have to say?" she                            asked. "I swear." "Swear by the thing you hold most dearly deep in your heart." I swore quietly, and as her palm came down on my head … Continue reading The Crossing: My Journey to the Shattered Heart of Syria