Books
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The Boy Between Worlds is officially out!
My translation of Annejet van der Zijl’s Sonny Boy, titled The Boy Between Worlds in English, officially came out on August 1 with Amazon Crossing. It seems that people are as fascinated and moved by this story as I was. Check out the reviews on Amazon and GoodReads!
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The Boy Between Worlds now available for pre-order!
I’m excited to announce that my English translation of the Dutch bestseller Sonny Boy by Annejet van der Zijl is now available for pre-order! The English translation, titled The Boy Between Worlds (AmazonCrossing), will be officially published in the United States on August 1, 2019.
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10 Books from Holland!
I was delighted to translate the Spring 2019 edition of 10 Books from Holland for the Dutch Foundation for Literature. It just came out and boy is it a beauty! This season’s selection includes the new Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer novel Grand Hotel Europa (if you haven’t read it yet, you should!), Driessen’s latest collection of short stories…
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Translating Catching Dogs with Dogs by Rob van Essen
Who doesn’t love a good post-apocalyptic nightmare? Well, I guess it depends on how imminent it feels. As jarring as speculative science fiction may be, I like how it makes you think. I had the pleasure of translating Catching Dogs with Dogs by contemporary Dutch science fiction author Rob van Essen for the literary magazine 2.3.74. You can…
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Translating and editing for karres+brands’ new book!
Last year, I collaborated with karres+brands on the translation and editing of their new book. This beautiful Dutch-English bilingual edition contains fascinating images and detailed descriptions of their 2017 landscape architecture and urban planning projects. As always, it’s wonderful to see the final result in print!
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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…
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Bookish Places in AmsterdamBookish Places AmsterdamBookish Places Amsterdam
Back in 2010, before I knew anybody who lived in Amsterdam, I came here with my friend Michelle. She was on exchange at the University of Groningen and I was studying in Switzerland. It was an icy January, much icier than any winter the city has seen since. We skated across ice patches in the…
