At Free Word Canan Marasligil and Nicky Harman briefly debate the use of forewords, footnotes, and the like in translations, in To foreword or not to foreword ? -- a preview of their debate next week as part of the International Translation Day 2013 events at the British Library (worth going: it will also feature Amanda Hopkinson in conversation with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o).
(As someone who leans strongly towards the extreme literalist fringe of translation -- preferring bilingual editions and comprehensive annotation (though context-setting and similar introductory matter ... not so much) -- there can never be enough detail-information for my taste .....)
(As someone who leans strongly towards the extreme literalist fringe of translation -- preferring bilingual editions and comprehensive annotation (though context-setting and similar introductory matter ... not so much) -- there can never be enough detail-information for my taste .....)