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Interpreter of languages

It is a contemplative collection of essays examining her own experience with translation, and her identity as a translator

Interpreter of languages
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Translating Myself and Others

Chintan Girish Modi
Translating Myself and Others
Author:
Jhumpa Lahiri
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Pages: 208  
Price: Rs 599

Author-translator Jhumpa Lahiri, who joined Barnard College in New York as the Millicent C McIntosh professor of English and director of creative writing in April 2022, is out with a new book called Translating Myself and Others. It is a contemplative collection of essays examining her own experience with translation, and her identity as a translator. These essays speak of exclusion without sentimentality, freedom without rage, and border-crossing without euphoria. They are tender and sharp, weighing in on matters of craft, gatekeeping and