About this episode

The episode discusses how translations are evaluated and the experiences of making judgments in literary prize juries.

How do we decide which translations are better than others? In this episode of Hawthornden's Como Conversazione, Jacques Testard of Fitzcarraldo Editions and Adam Levy of Transit Books reveal how they evaluate books for acquisition. And, because so many of the guests on this show have served on prize juries, we compare our experiences making judgments that can seem at once arbitrary and hugely consequential. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Merve Emre

Guests: Jacques Testard, Adam Levy

Topics covered

• translation evaluation
• book acquisition
• prize juries
• judgment
• literary criticism

Keywords

• translations
• book evaluation
• literary prizes
• judgment criteria
• Fitzcarraldo Editions
• Transit Books

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fitzcarraldo Editions, Transit Books

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