Live Translation - World Literature Weekend 2011

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Recorded19 Jun 2011

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Two translators – Shaun Whiteside and Mike Mitchell – went head to head with their versions of a previously untranslated work. Novelist Daniel Kehlmann provided the challenge, with the event chaired by Daniel Hahn, interim director of the BCLT and chair of the Translators Association. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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