Every translation on this site contains a Further Reading and Links section, which directs the reader to both printed and web-based resources for the individual author or text in question. The resources listed below indicate the more general web-sites that I have visited and found particularly noteworthy. They are divided into general sites and sites created by individual translators: GENERAL SITES
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Brindin Press website
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| Launched by Brian Cole in October 2000, this has become one of the richest and most comprehensive sites for literary translation into English, particularly of poetry. It currently [2005] contains translations from some 40 languages, and by nearly 400 translators. Complete texts are presented, as well as extracts from longer works; and some 40 ‘virtual books’ also appear, as well as 30 ‘virtual chapbooks’. Not the least of the site’s merits is that it is scrupulously updated every month.
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The British Council’s Literary Translation pages (www.literarytranslation.com)
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| Contains a useful list of organisations, events, translators, publications, prizes, and so forth, concerned with literary translation.
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British Centre for Literary Translation (www.uea.ac.uk/eas/centres/bclt)
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| Founded in 1989, and based at the University of East Anglia, the British Centre is a major hub for literary translation in the United Kingdom.
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Resources for the Literary Translator
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| Presents a useful list of books concerned with literary translation, together with mailing-lists, newsgroups, and web-pages.
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Doug Robinson: Translation-Related Resources (http://home.olemiss.edu/~djr/pages/translator)
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| A massive resource of information about resources for literary translators: books, companies, organisations, language-specific bibliographies, subject-specific lists, computer-aided translations, jobs, conferences, journals, and so forth. An indispensable overview of the world of translation.
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Google Directory (http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Poetry/In_Translation)
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| The directory contains listings of over 200 sites presenting translations from African, Middle-Eastern and Eastern languages, as well as Romance and European. A formidably wide-ranging and rich resource.
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Modern Poetry in Translation
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| An excellent journal, founded by Daniel Weissbort and Ted Hughes in 1966, and with an international reputation for its range and quality. Appearing twice a year, each issue generally focuses upon a particular theme (Russian Women Poets, Iraqi Poetry Today, European Voices, Diaspora, Metamorphoses, for example), as well as more general material.
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Metamorphoses: A Journal of Literary Translation (www.smith.edu/metamorphoses)
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| A fine journal of literary translation ‘out of (and into) all languages’. Published twice a year, a considerable portion of it is available on-line.
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| Carcanet Press (www.carcanet.co.uk) | |
| Now in its fourth decade, Carcanet Press provides one of the most comprehensive and diverse lists of modern and classic poetry, both in English and in translation. It also publishes a range of inventive fiction, lives and letters, and literary criticism. | |
INDIVIDUAL SITES
Tony Kline: Poetry in Translation | |
| An extremely rich resource, presenting translations of renowned texts from the major European languages, as well as from Chinese, Latin, and ancient Greek. A particularly praiseworthy aspect of the site is its generosity. All the translations can be downloaded, edited, and copied for non-commercial purposes. | |