Archive - Paraphrasis

Bonus: Adam Mahler on the poet’s names

What’s in a name?

5 hrs ago •

3:44

Adam Mahler on Shem Tov Ardutiel’s Moral Proverbs and Other Old Castilian Poems of Jewish Authorship

In this episode, Adam Mahler discusses his translation of Shem Tov Ardutiel’s Moral Proverbs and Other Old Castilian Poems of Jewish Authorship…

Aug 4 •

17:07

July 2025

June 2025

May 2025

Bonus: Damion Searls on titles and verbs

Why do German nouns seem to bristle with energy while English ones feel flat?

May 18 •

5:06

Damion Searls on Overstaying by Ariane Koch

Damion Searls reflects on his translation of Overstaying, Swiss author Ariane Koch’s surreal debut novel (Dorothy Project, 2024).

May 5 •

16:52

November 2024

Gitta Honegger on The Children of the Dead by Elfriede Jelinek

In the last full episode of our first season, we hear scholar, translator, and performer Gitta Honegger discuss her German to English translation of The…

Nov 5, 2024 •

Jess Jensen Mitchell

19:24

October 2024

Bonus: Fiona Bell on slurs and their context

How can a translator convey a text that contains troubling, archaic language while still engaging with contemporary readers?

Oct 15, 2024 •

Jess Jensen Mitchell

4:35

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