December 2009
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If you translate from German, it´s always good to...
The Year in Media Errors and Corrections, collected by Regret The Error
Best Translation Error:
BERLIN (Reuters) – Visitors to a tourist attraction in Berlin have been making off with an unusual memento — the 30 cm long penis of a Lego giraffe. The Lego phallus belongs to a six metre tall model that has stood outside the entrance to the Legoland Discovery Centre on Potsdamer Platz since...
The Millions Interview: Richard Pevear and Larissa... →
Interview with Pevear and Volokhonsky, husband and wife and award-winning translators of sixteen works of Russian literature.
On how they work:
Richard is a native speaker of English. I’m a native speaker of Russian. My task is to explain to Richard what is happening in the Russian text. Then it is up to him to do what he can. The final word is always his. I can say this is not quite what the...