The Meaning of Tingo
German propensity for compounds creates many delightful instances where a single word requires an entire clause in English. Kummerspeck lit...
European Day of Languages
To mark the European Day of Languages today - a Council of Europe initiative to celebrate linguistic diversity and promote language learnin...
Sebald Lecture and Translation Prize
The Sebald Lecture commemorating W.G. Sebald , German novelist and founder of the British Centre for Literary Translation , will be given th...
Elections
The elections taking place on 18 September are the subject of much debate, including perspectives on gender , youth and a grand coalition ....
Translation
On literary translation Modern poetry in translation Rilke in translation Heym in translation Translation prize awarded for contemporary Ger...
100 words on a poem: No.9
Volker Braun’s poem ‘Hiroshima, 57 N.D.B.’ marks a ‘Treffpunkt’ – where rivers meet, where the barefoot shrine-visitor bows, and where the a...
