translators

History prof translates major work of Dutch literature

York historian Michiel Horn says his latest book project may well be the most important one he has ever worked on – and it’s not even one he wrote. At the Edge of the Abyss: A Concentration Camp Diary, 1943-1944 is the largest of only 17 such works to survive the Holocaust and is considered […]

Professor Agnès Whitfield launches new translation studies series

Cultures meet here in Canada, says Agnès Whitfield. Literary translation is an essential means of sharing heritages, yet it is a field too often overlooked and undervalued. That situation is about to improve with the launch of the first volume in a new series called Vita Traductiva. A joint initiative of the Research Group on […]