It's Lit in Translation
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Welcome to It’s Lit in Translation, the podcast celebrating literature in translation and the people who make it possible. Each episode features an interview with translators from around the world about the books they bring into English, the creative choices behind their work, and what it truly means to carry a story from one language to another.
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Recent episodes
- Hazel Evans on translating trauma, class, and complexities in The Fathership
- David McKay on storytelling, the craft of translation, and bringing the Brontës home
- Ecre Karadag on the joys of translating children's literature
- Daniel Bowles on tone, voice and the musicality of translation
- Iliana Franco Alvarenga on linguistic resistance, cosmoperceptions, and translating Guaraní
- Angela Rodel and Joanna Elmy on writing and co-translating Born of Guilt
- Julia Sanches and Heather Cleary on co-translation, solidarity, and Medea Sang Me a Corrido
- Pablo Strauss on eco-horror, migration, and bringing Quebec literature into English
- Sophie Hughes on literary translation, rediscovering her passion for reading, and judging the 2026 International Booker Prize
- Kat Storace on photography, memory, and translating Before the Rocket
