Three Percent Podcast #202: Jen Calleja on "Fair: The Life-Art of Translation"

About this episode

Jen Calleja joins Chad to discuss her book 'Fair: The Life-Art of Translation' and the nuances of translation.

Quick Reminder: All Open Letter books either written or translated by women are on sale for 40% off to celebrate Women in Translation Month through August 31st! Shop the whole collection here ! Jen Calleja, translator, author, musician, recent PhD recipient, joins Chad to talk about her recent book, Fair: The Life-Art of Translation . They discuss the origins of the book, the various types of “translation” books out there, Fair ’s unique structure, the translator as storyteller, Jen’s writing voice, the role performance has played in her life, and much more. Three songs from Calleja on this podcast: “Transmitters” and “The Bridge” open and close the episode, with a bit of “Erase” popping up where appropriate. You can subscribe to the Three Percent Podcast at Apple , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also find the Mining the Dalkey Archive podcast at Apple , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts, and watch us on YouTube . And be sure to follow our sister podcasts: Two Month Review ( Apple , Spotify ) and Mining the Dalkey Archive ( Apple , Spotify ) for more book and industry talk! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other…

People in this episode

Host: Chad

Guest: Jen Calleja

Topics covered

• translation
• women in translation
• literature
• book discussion
• music

Keywords

• translation
• Jen Calleja
• Fair
• literature
• women in translation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Open Letter Books

Books & works: Fair: The Life-Art of Translation

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