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Retranslating a Quebec Classic
Translating is never easy. What about revising a much-loved translation that has become a classic in its own right? Steven Urquhart describes the balancing act.
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from Sermon aux poissons
by Patrice Lessard
Translated by Caitlin Stall Paquet
"Holt Renfrew"
by Nelly Arcan
Translated by Melissa Bull
from Document 1
by François Blais
Translated by Pablo Strauss
from L’album multicolore
by Louise Dupré
Translated by Caitlin Stall-Paquet
from Universal Bureau of Copyrights
by Bertrand Laverdure
Translated by Oana Avasilichioaei
"Le saboteur d'avenir"
by Jonathan Goyette
Translated by J.C. Sutcliffe
from C'était moins drôle à Valcartier
by Grégory Lemay
Translated by Pablo Strauss
from La porte du ciel
by Dominique Fortier
Translated by Peter McCambridge
from Espaces
by Olivia Tapiero
Translated by Caitlin Stall-Paquet
from Canada's Forgotten Slaves
by Marcel Trudel
Translated by George Tombs
from Grande Plaine IV
by Alexandre Bourbaki
Translated by Pablo Strauss
from Flowers of Spit
by Catherine Mavrikakis
Translated by Nathanaël
from Skok en sept temps
by Sylvain Rivard
Translated by Peter McCambridge
from Les portes closes
by Lori Saint-Martin
Translated by Peter McCambridge
from Terre des cons
by Patrick Nicol
Translated by Jacob Siefring
from La montagne rouge
by Steve Gagnon
Translated by Peter McCambridge
from Dixie
by William S. Messier
Translated by Pablo Strauss
from 21 Days in October
by Magali Favre
Translated by Arielle Aaronson
from Sous la surface
by Martin Michaud
Translated by David Warriner
"The King's Bungalow"
by
Serge Bouchard
Translated by Pablo Strauss
from Et au pire on se mariera
by
Sophie Bienvenu
Translated by Peter McCambridge
from Poacher's Faith
by Marc Séguin
Translated by Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo
"Last Night, on the Bridge"
by François Barcelo
Translated by Anabelle Larousse
"Gagnonville" by Sarah Berthiaume
Translated by Pablo Strauss
from Variétés Delphi
by Nicolas Chalifour
Translated by Pablo Strauss