| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Help: How to improve as a litterary translator ? Thread poster: Quentin NEVEN
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You don’t but authors will prefer other authors (and trust them more), and select them to translate their pieces. It also depends on the type of literature and where it will be used, eg. public, canons, belles-letters, etc.
Even if some translator somewhere translates a poem, a publishing agency will use a poet to polish it, most certainly.
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Belgium
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TOPIC STARTER | Thanks for your pieces of advice | Feb 7 |
Hello,
Thank you for your advice; it was really helpful.
I am keeping the idea in my mind somewhere. but I will not do it right now. I might in the future but first I need to get established as a translator and earn a living.
It's a shame this activity is so underpaid; it is very fun yet challenging. But, oh well, the market works in mysterious ways.
My real passion is for good stories, which include but are not restricted to literature. I ... See more Hello,
Thank you for your advice; it was really helpful.
I am keeping the idea in my mind somewhere. but I will not do it right now. I might in the future but first I need to get established as a translator and earn a living.
It's a shame this activity is so underpaid; it is very fun yet challenging. But, oh well, the market works in mysterious ways.
My real passion is for good stories, which include but are not restricted to literature. I might be able to find it in another activity.
I tell stories all the time when I am creating my own D&D campaign, but that's a hobby. Now, getting paid for telling stories? That sounds absolutely amazing!
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Quentin NEVEN wrote:
Hello,
Thank you for your advice; it was really helpful.
I am keeping the idea in my mind somewhere. but I will not do it right now. I might in the future but first I need to get established as a translator and earn a living.
It's a shame this activity is so underpaid; it is very fun yet challenging. But, oh well, the market works in mysterious ways.
My real passion is for good stories, which include but are not restricted to literature. I might be able to find it in another activity.
I tell stories all the time when I am creating my own D&D campaign, but that's a hobby. Now, getting paid for telling stories? That sounds absolutely amazing!
Have a good day
Transforming hobbies into paid work is a double-edged sword. No doubt it can be wonderful if you get it right, but the bringing the pressures of making a living into the things you love definitely changes those things.
My partner has turned his passion for hillwalking into a business writing walk leaflets for pubs so I have seen this in action. He gets to do something he enjoys, and we get some freebie weekends away, but walking a route for a client is not the same as just going for a walk - and even the non-client walks are not quite the same any more. And he doesn't get paid anywhere near what he earned in his previous jobs. It only works because he is semi-retired.
Just something to consider.
| | | | | Never prepared (or always prepared) | Feb 7 |
With a strong background springing from early childhood, you are always prepared for such work and will only keep honing your skills as you go. If the background is missing, you'll never prepare yourself enough, at least that's the opinion I've formed as I studied works delivered by crowds of other translators. With all the reading advice, did anyone mention that you should read good books and shouldn't read bad ones? It's literary vs litterary: read Saint-Exupéry but don't read Coelho, ... See more With a strong background springing from early childhood, you are always prepared for such work and will only keep honing your skills as you go. If the background is missing, you'll never prepare yourself enough, at least that's the opinion I've formed as I studied works delivered by crowds of other translators. With all the reading advice, did anyone mention that you should read good books and shouldn't read bad ones? It's literary vs litterary: read Saint-Exupéry but don't read Coelho, and don't read any creative writings people post on forums unless you're absolutely confident in your gold-hunting skills. Again, if the background is there, you'll be able to tell a good read from a bad read intuitively
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You can find the programme and information about our stellar tutros and speakers here Featuring literary translation workshops into and out... See more If you're looking to hone your literary translation skills and gain insights into the publishing world, come to Bristol Translates, 1-5 July online:
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