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  • Residency at the Vertalershuis Amsterdam | Kristen Gehrman Language Services

    Residency at the Vertalershuis Amsterdam

    As a translator, you constantly have to make decisions on what to do about these little things. Do you just translate them as they are and preserve the Belgian-ness of the book? Or do you convert them into something more familiar for your target readership? If you translate “hostie” to “satellite wafer”, are you then…

  • Translating The Chronicles | Kristen Gehrman Language Services

    Translating The Chronicles

    “Language is my way of getting a grip on things, of maintaining control in certain situations. Your body is bombarded with zillions of sensory impressions, and by giving them a name, you make them one-dimensional again, manageable,” wrote best-selling Belgian author Lize Spit in her second blog post for The Chronicles. Actually, this is my…