“I don't have a philosophy. If I had a philosophy, it's that I'm kind of literal minded. For example, I would never translate poetry - it's too hard, there are too many levels. Not that prose doesn't have many levels, but it's more grounded.” IfsKindHardPhilosophyLevelsExampleProseTranslateGroundedLiteral Author:Ann Goldstein
“I think that if you are sticking to the text, essentially, you're not trying to write your own version of it. I mean, of course, it is your own version of it. And every translator would probably have a different version. But I think that that's what keeps the writers from being individual in English. They may be my English, but I don't think that Ferrante sounds like Levi.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingMayMeanDifferentCoursesIndividualSoundVersionsTranslatorsWrite Your Own Author:Ann Goldstein
