The Cold Chain

The Cold Chain By Yaiza Berrocal Guevara Translated by Sian Creely In The Cold Chain we follow the story of Lola, a little girl whose first taste of potato smilies leads her to write love letters to Mr McCain, the faceless man responsible for her delight.   Aided and berated variously by her former militant father…

The Corporation

Photo: Mario Dance Atelier By Flavius Lucăcel Translated by Mihaela Mudure Volume 9, Issue 2 (Fall 2022) The first production of the play The Corporation by Flavius Lucăcel took place on the stage of the National Theater of Cluj-Napoca, in 2019. The performers belonged to the private company “Mario Dance Atelier” and the director was…

The Rooftop

Photo: from original publication of La Azotea By Rafael Guizado Translated by Gigi Guizado Volume 9, Issue 2 (Fall 2022) Translating Rafael Guizado usually presents me with two key challenges, both of which I encountered while translating La Azotea/The Rooftop. The first is acquiring the source text. Sharing a last name and family tree with…

Review of Theatre Translation: Theory and Practice

Massimiiliano Morini. Theatre Translation: Theory and Practice. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. Reviewed by Emma Pauly Massimiliano Morini’s Theatre Translation: Theory and Practice opens with a metaphor borrowed from Isaac Asimov’s Nightfall, the story of a civilization subjected, every two thousand years, to a consuming total eclipse that plunges the populace into madness, ruin, and the…