Transcending Borders: A Graphic Translation Conversation with Andrea Rosenberg, by Brenna O’Hara

Interviews The Spring 2020 issue of World Literature Today explored a variety of works in the increasingly popular genre of graphic nonfiction. Now, as the year comes to a close, use of graphic media in literary storytelling is still on the rise. With the increase in graphic novel/nonfiction sales comes an increase in the number of languages in which these stories are told. As many of these works feature diverse, regionally specific, and historically underrepresented narratives, their translation into other languages has the ability to transcend not only the borders of their internal comic strips but geological and ideological divides as well. The unique characteristics of graphic works, however, demand special consideration from their translators, who must take into account visual, contextual, and space-related constraints. In order to get a behind-the-scenes view of the process, I engaged in a Q&A with translator Andrea Rosenberg, who offers insight into the art of translating in the ever-expanding graphic literature genre and shares her thoughts on the great potential the graphic medium has to offer the literary world. Brenna O’Hara: How would you describe your role as a literary translator? Andrea Rosenberg: I love working as a translator because I’ve always enjoyed using language creatively and using foreign languages, but despite early stints in which I fancied myself a writer, I was never driven by my own vision that I... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'

[ World Literature Today | 2020-12-17 14:14:03 UTC ]

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