- Findlay, Jean. “The Perfect Proust Translation â But Not for Purists.” The Guardian, 15 August 2014.
- Shugaar, Antony. “Translation as a Performing Art.” New York Times, 27 January 2104.
- Translators Are a Waste of Space â Erik Skuggevik for The Norwegian Association of Literary Translators
- âIn Other Wordsâ â Juan Gabriel VĂĄsquezâs The Sound of Things Falling (NYT Book Review, Letter to the Editor)
- Facciamoci Avanti Riconosce le Traduttrici di Sandberg / Facciamoci Avanti Acknowledges Sandbergâs Italian Translators
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La Brutta Sagra della Vita Agra — Dario Pappalardo e la “Vita agra di un traduttore”
- CâĂš chi dice no: Giuliana Lupi, traduttrice di Open, e La Repubblica
- Are Bad Translators Driving out the Good? â Luigi Muzii and Sir Thomas Gresham (24 September 2012) — from the “The Translation Business” blog (English)
- Ai Traduttori: Il sostegno di Giuseppe Culicchi — Jacopo Tondelli, Corriere della Sera, 12 February 2010 (Italian)
- Cappelli alti di forma – Umberto Eco, L’Espresso,28 September 2007
- Onore al traduttore (spesso ignoto) – Paolo Di Stefano
- “Traduzioni e traduttori” – a letter by Luigi Rancati to Giorgio De Rienzo’s column “Scioglilingua” in the Corriere della Sera (15 July 2010; in Italian).
- Why Translators Deserve Some Credit — Tim Parks, The Guardian, 25 April 2010
- Why Translation Matters (an excerpt) – Edith Grossman, WORDS without BORDERS
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I recently published a post in Italian about Italia.it and some thoughts on translation, machine translation, the way professional translators are seen and so on. —> http://www.mylifeintranslation.net/blog/la-traduzione-e-una-cosa-seria.html
I received a “work offer” and a repeat feedback for a language pair I don’t work for – we can say that, even if I did not work for this pair, the rate fell in the category of peanuts (.05 USD/word). When I told the unobservant colleague that, even if I did work for said pair, I would not accept anything less than my rate, she started emailing me saying who gave me such “arrogant confidence” and what was “my secret” to get such a huge (normal IMHO) rate (31 years of experience and successful career, formal education in translation and interpretations, and membership in two professional associations). When I said that if she found me arrogant, I found her extremely rude and asked not to email me again and delete my address, she started with cyberbullying and denying that she ever offered me a job (even when I send her email, which clearly contained an offer). I reported her unprofessional and unacceptable behavior on a LinkedIn Bad Practices list (name, rate offered and all). But I would really like to let the colleagues on this site know that we have come to the point where you are insulted and bullied if you dare refusing to work for peanuts. If you want more information, you are welcome to email me.