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translating, Italian history and culture, books and literature

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Language:	English
Tags:	translating, Italian history and culture, books and literature
Description:	A heterogeneous, slightly serendipitous mix of news and features (very) broadly related to my work as a translator, reviewer and historian.
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Appeal to Save the “Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani”

There have already been countless victims of this recession and, of course, the human cost is the aspect that quite rightly ought to (and does) attract most attention. But as the ripples spread wi...more

2009-10-19

A Gude Cause: October 1909 – 10 October 2009

Just a quick post on this because it’s been written about by much better-qualified people elsewhere: here’s the website, and also this piece by Elspeth King.This afternoon about 2,500 w...more

2009-10-10

At two ends of the publishing continuum: Harvill Secker’s celebrates its (cumulative) centenary an

‘International Writing with a Wayward Streak’ is the headline in Booktrade.info announcing Harvill Secker’s approaching centenary celebrations in 2010.From January through to Dece...more

2009-10-01

Muggle and Quidditch in 67 languages, and counting…

At a unique event, summarising a 10-year translating phenomenon, all the translators of the Harry Potter books met in Paris to discuss “what was lost in translation” and to celebrate th...more

2009-09-23

Happy birthday, Samuel

I missed his birthday on 7 September, but there’s a chance for more cake and 300 candles on 18 September (apparently after the change of calendar in 1752 he celebrated his birthday on 18 Sept...more

2009-09-10

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