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On Translating Ilse Brandt

Hal Morrow on short sentences, long silences and the one German word he never translates.

On Translating Ilse Brandt

Ilse Brandt’s sentences are short, and the silences between them are long. Translating her means keeping both: resisting the urge to explain, and trusting English readers to hear what is not said.

In The Glass Orchard there is one word, used for the light in the glasshouse at dusk, that appears in German throughout. Some words belong to a place.

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