Cultural Homogeneity and the Future of Literary Translation

"A creeping homogenization" and generic international content and style is depleting the cultural integrity of literary prose and translation, argues Burton Pike. Read more »
Discussion:
Is Literature Losing a Battle with Commercial Monoculture? As the world is being set up to facilitate frictionless commercial transactions between diverse cultures, is literary fiction losing its role? Read more »
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From the Archives:
A Handy Database of Translations Published in the US Open Letter Books has published their database of all the translations in the US for 2012 (so far). Dalkey leads the pack of publishers, with AmazonCrossing in second. Read more »