David Bellos Q & A

       At the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy weblog Eben Shapiro has a Q & A with David Bellos, The Art of Translation.
       He offers some advice:

I would not urge anyone to take up translation as a career if they don't have a passion to pursue alongside a taste for exploring their own language. Given the low pay and paltry recognition that translators usually get, it's not a very rational career option.

       His translation of Ismail Kadare's Twilight of the Eastern Gods is just out in the US.