translators

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Writer, Resistance Fighter, and Kafka’s First Translator: Milena Jesenská, Forgotten No More

Christine Estima on Breathing Fictional Life Into a Long-Overlooked Literary Figure

https://lithub.com/writer-resistance-fighter-and-kafkas-first-translator-milena-jesenska-forgotten-no-more/

Kafka at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1735

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Milena Jesenská (1896 - 1944) - Czech journalist, writer and translator.

Milena Jesenská appears as a poised young woman with strong, well-defined features. Her face is oval with expressive dark eyes, a straight nose, and full lips. She often wears her dark hair in a short, modern bob. She is dressed quite simply.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milena_Jesensk%C3%A1#/media/File:Milena_Jesensk%C3%A1.jpg

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Translation and Taste

Learning how to have good taste means learning to translate.

By Blake Smith

https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/lessons-of-babel/articles/translation-and-taste

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Portrait of Hannah Arendt in 1924.

Unknown author - Young-Bruehl, Elisabeth Yale University Press Hannah Arendt: For Love of the World ISBN: 978-0-300-10588-9.

Hannah is facing slightly toward the camera, but her gaze is a bit off to one side—not looking straight into the lens but very near it.

Her expression is serious, thoughtful—there is a quiet intensity in her eyes. She does not appear to smile; there's a sense of introspection.

Her dress is modest, formal: a dark jacket or dress, high neckline; possibly a blouse underneath with a collar or some delicate detail but subdued.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Arendt#/media/File:Hannah_Arendt_1924.jpg

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Three women translators who bridged cultures

Stories of Birgitte Thott, Sarah Austin, and Émilie du Châtelet

by Małgorzata Szynkielewska via @europeana (from the archives)

https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/three-women-translators-who-bridged-cultures

Books by or translated by Émilie du Châtelet at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=%C3%89milie+du+Ch%C3%A2telet&submit_search=Search

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Birgitte Thott (1610–1662) used her remarkable linguistic abilities to bring foreign knowledge to her native Denmark.

Sarah Austin (1793–1867) was an English translator and editor who played a pivotal role in introducing British audiences to German authors. Sarah’s translations were linguistic accomplishments and also acts of cultural mediation, helping to bridge intellectual divides between Britain and continental Europe.

Émilie du Châtelet (1706–1749) was a French natural philosopher and mathematician.

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