Foreign names, words, and phrases are difficult for readers to remember and understand whether a book has been translated from a foreign language into English or whether a book simply takes place in another country. Retaining the cultural atmosphere of the story while making it accessible to readers in the United States and Canada requires a little simplification. Making a … [Read more...]
Dr. Nina Cooper – Servants on Horses
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. Actually, there have been two kinds of recent books, very different from each other. The first was a translation of a 19th century detective story, Monsieur Lecoq, by Emile Gaboriau, and the second, SERVANTS ON HORSES, a novel about the Creek Indians of Alabama and Georgia before the Indian Removal Act of 1838. Two … [Read more...]