translation
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Set in 1930s Japan-controlled Taiwan, the book poses as a translation of a rediscovered Japanese travel memoir penned by fictional writer Aoyama Chizuko.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Elaborately framed as the translation of a rediscovered travel memoir, complete with fictional footnotes, many readers thought it was about a genuine historic text when the book was first published in 2020.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
“Kafkaesque” suggests that translation is the quintessential medium for a body of work obsessed with alienation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
That is from Adair’s translation, which maintains the same rule—no “e”—and proves the point a second time.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
He spoke a number of languages, ancient and modern, and had published a translation of Anacreon, with commentary, when he was only eighteen.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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