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, October 11, 2015

More About Dialect and the Chinese Translation by Lai Ming Chu

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Lai Ming Chu kindly sent in her comments elaborating on dialect-use-related matters in the Chinese (Taiwan) version of "Yesterday....
Friday, October 9, 2015

More on Dialect Translation

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In the previous post I wrote about my doubts as how to translate kansai-ben (Kansai dialect) in Murakami's story, "Yesterday."...
Friday, September 25, 2015

How to Translate Dialect

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In the newest anthology of short stories by Haruki Murakami, there is a story titled "Yesterday." It tells of two friends.  One, o...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

The Norwegian Translation of the First Two Murakami Novels

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I have neglected to announce the appearance this year of the Norwegian translation of Kaze no uta o kike and 1973 nen no pinbōru . The trans...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

A Follow-Up Explanation About the New Essay Collection

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James Westerhoven, the Dutch translator, confirms that apart from the six essays published in Monkey, one essay (#12,   『 物語があるところ・河合隼雄先生の思い...
Friday, September 11, 2015

New Murakami Essay Collection Published Today

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A collection of essays by Murakami Haruki titled Shokugyō to shite no shōsetsuka (A Novelist by Profession) hit the bookstores today un...
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Sunday, September 6, 2015

More Translations of Men Without Women

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Three new translations of Onna no inai otokotachi , Murakami's last year's short story anthology, will be coming out in the next...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Reviews of the English Translation of Wind/Pinball Overlook the Translator

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The appearance of the English translation by Ted Goossen of Murakami's first two novels Wind/Pinball was followed by many reviews in the...
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Saturday, July 25, 2015

Another Review of Wind/Pinball and the Italian Translation of Men without Women

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In her July 23 review of Wind/Pinball , which appeared in the Independent online,  Arifa Akbar   calls the novellas, "appetisers from ...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

The Introduction to Wind/Pinball Already Available Online

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The introduction written by Murakami for  Wind/Pinball :  Two Novels , which is being released by Knopf on August 4, is already available on...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

"I very often feel I’m writing original—almost original—fiction" Says Jay Rubin About Translation

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An interview with Jay Rubin by Nikkitha Bakshani recently appeared in the online literary magazine,  The Rumpus . As regular readers of this...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Greek, Icelandic and Croatian Translations of Tsukuru Tazaki

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I have previously failed to note three new translations of Tsukuru Tazaki, all from last year. The first is the Icelandic translation b...
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Thursday, May 28, 2015

The New York Times Review of Murakami Audio Books

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On May 15, the NYT Book Review published a review of the audiobook versions of  The Strange Library and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Ye...
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