Translating Haruki Murakami

This blog is meant as an open forum where translators of Haruki Murakami can share ideas and discuss solutions to problems encountered in the process of translating his works. It was launched by two translators of Murakami into Norwegian and Polish, Ika Kaminka and Anna Zielinska-Elliott. Some of us have collaborated in the past, and many of us are in touch regularly by e-mail, but the publication of the new novel in 2013 served as a catalyst for the creation of an online translation blog.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

"Have you read it yet? Haruki's new book? Is it interesting?! Or disappointing?!"

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A story published by Sankei Shinbun on April 17 quoting views of two critics (one liked the book, the other one didn't) and the owner of...

A review from today's Mainichi Shinbun by Yukiko Kōnosu asking: "Whatever happened to the humor?"

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Ellsworth Kelly 1923  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellsworth_Kelly_-_Red_Yellow_Blue_White_and_Black_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg ...

A new article about Tazaki Tsukuru from today's Japan Times

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Hot off the press: Fans of Haruki Murakami buy his newly published book, 'Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and the Year of his Pilgrimage,...
Saturday, April 20, 2013

Finally, news of the book reached Norway

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NYE BØKER Murakami-mani Utenfor Tokyos bokhandler sto folk i kø for å kjøpe Haruki Murakamis nye roman. Men norske lesere må sm...

Why do people buy Murakami's books?

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People talk about why they rushed to buy Murakami's latest novel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4KzHWM2e7A
Friday, April 19, 2013

Summary of media coverage and online reactions

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村上春樹新刊 ハルキストに似合わない?行列 2013.4.19 07:59                              12日朝、書店には村上春樹さんの新作が積み上げられていた=東京都千代田区 発売前から3度の増刷がかかり、12日には深夜0...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Another clip showing the novel's midnight release

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Fans demand quick translation

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According to Japan Daily Press: "Early reviews for the new novel, his first in three years, seem very positive, with some re...

One million copies of the book already released

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Haruki Murakami's newest piece reaches 1 mil. circulation in 7 days TOKYO, April 18, Kyodo Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said Thurs...

Not everyone is amused.

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Quoting a story of the launch of the book and how Japanese salary men interrupted their commutes to buy it, the blogger Constellation...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Der schnellste Bestseller

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"... the quickest bestseller," reports Asienspiegel, German newsletter on things Asian. Der schnellste Bestseller Von  jak  ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

An article from Asahi Shinbun provides a summary of the novel

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BOOK IN FOCUS: Haruki Murakami's new novel challenges us to confront our pasts April 15, 2013 By ATSUSHI SASAKI/ SPECIAL...

We commiserate with the people of Boston

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and the marathon runners of this world. A truly sad day.
Monday, April 15, 2013

El Periodico de Guatemala writes

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Las peregrinaciones de Murakami La nueva novela del exitoso autor japonés salió a la venta el pasado viernes en su lengua original. ...

Lazar Berman recording of Liszt's Years of Pilgrimage, which inspired the novel's title, to be released very soon in response to record sales of Tsukuru Tazaki in Japan

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http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20130415-00000019-cdj-musi 村上春樹の新刊『色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年』に登場するクラシック名曲、超特急で発売決定! CDジャーナル  4月15日(月)17時...

Red, blue, white, black and yellow? A long article on the meaning of the colors in the book

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photograph: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellsworth_Kelly_-_Red_Yellow_Blue_White_and_Black_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 【特別...
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