Romanian translations

[BlogSpy]

The Observer Translation Project promises to host Romanian fiction, poetry, literary criticism and literary history, and news about Romanian writing abroad, all translated into English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

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[cuchulain]

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The Observer Translation Project promises to host Romanian fiction, poetry, literary criticism and literary history, and news about Romanian writing abroad, all translated into English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

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Do you know if Mateiu Caragiale's Craii de Curtea-Veche has been translated into English? Have wanted to read it ever since Martin Seymour-Smith, back in 1984, said it was a classic of world literature and demanded translation.

[Eric]

For Romanian literature and other culture you should subscribe to the magazine called Plural which comes out quarterly (?), and contains masses of information, including short-stories and excerpts from novels. Website:

Institutul Cultural Roman

But as with many things Romanian, it is not always easy to find clear subscription information, in English. If you do manage to get hold of copies of the mag, it is nicely produced, though the English is sometimes a bit weird.

As for the project described on the Complete Review, i.e. the Observer Translation Project, it looks more like a scam to me to get hold of subsidy money, then do nothing. They trumpet loudly what they are going to do, but their website is inadequate, and virtually none of the links work. The project is indeed "very promising" in that they are certainly promising things, but have only managed to promote the works of one (!!!) author so far:

Observer Translation Project

Let's hope I'm wrong, and that their launch in September will be a success. It strikes me as better to start a website with a big splash, rather than leak out things via a blog in dribs and drabs.

[BlogSpy]

The Observer Translation Project, "an international magazine of Romanian writing in translation" has now well and truly been launched.

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