for more than two decades now katie darbyshire only translates books that really move her. such as an opera stall off a novel by the bill or live in. it's on our list of one hundred german must read and darbyshire has translated is often puzzling dark works plus she's rendered in english the works of clamens meyer who caused a stir with his stories about just after german reunification the translator really went the extra mile for miers latest novel. the hardest book to play so i managed to place with probably. more time because it's a very long and it's about six whack and we still have an american publisher. i want to touch it weirdly because it's amazing. she spent a year looking for an english publisher which needed another year to get the money together and then she started translating which presented some challenges. and we've got zero nine. and it's not a language taught and then an english we get oh no gerry's red hot and good so that kind of thing and i think i had to get permission she got the go ahead over dinner with the author the effort was worth of bricks and

we visited translator katie darbyshire in berlin she's a real connoisseur of german literature and is completely involved in the works of her authors. katie darby sure can certainly help you out if you're looking for a good book at her favorite bookshop or at home perhaps she's even translated the novel into english the british born linguist is one of the most prominent translators of contemporary german literature she's written books about it and teaches literary translation what drives her. books that make you very deeply i love when literature can make you. angry sometimes i was translating it short story. made me cry while i was translating it which is kind of manipulative but. i like literature that you can hear the sound of it when you when you're reading it you can hear the more you can hear. in the press all the where where the writers are really using the language to do something to us. for more than two decades now katie darbyshire only translates books that really move her. such as an opera stall of a novel by z. bilal live in. it's on our list of one hundred german must re