September 1, 2026
Ciphers Poufed Out
On a serendipitous proliferation of Bulgarians, “Women” “in” translation, queer Taiwanese literature, and Optatian with a Balkan twist: this is Miss Translation column 4.
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May 13, 2026
Measuring “mistranslation,” assonance that won’t quit, plus two upcoming live (!) events
Deeply I Groaned
April 6, 2026
As a habitual translator of deceptively simple poems myself, I was not deceived.
A Strange Pattern in the Middle
January 27, 2026
Introducing Miss Translation
A review, a preview, and a puzzle
You may have noticed that this column feels a little incestuous (there is that Saskia Vogel again . . .) but that’s our world in translation. It’s small, and its actors, often by necessity, are prolific. It might also be because there are only so many people in the Swedish literary mafia. The theme for this month is the cold, by the way.
