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.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

New Murakami Novel Appeared Today

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A new novel by Murakami Haruki, Kichidanchōgoroshi, appears in Japan. Shinchōsha has just released a brief animated ad featuring a decorat...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Two New (Or Not So New) Translations of Tsukuru Tazaki

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I wanted to announce two translations of Tsukuru Tazaki into Asian languages, which I have missed before.  One is a translation into Malay ...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Italian Translator of Tsukuru Tazaki, Antonietta Pastore, Wins Japanese Translation Prize

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I haven't written much on this blog about Italian Murakami translations, probably because I don't speak Italian, but a few days ago...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Is It Commendatore from Don Giovanni?

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I have been discussing the title of the new Murakami novel, Killing Commendatore  with my friend, Ursula Gräfe, the German translator.  Ur...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Title and Publication Date of the New Murakami Novel Released

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Shinchosha, Murakami's Japanese publisher, announced today that the new Murakami novel will appear on February 24. The title will be  騎...
Thursday, December 1, 2016

A New Murakami Novel to Appear in February

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The  Japanese publisher Shinchosha has just announced that a new long novel by Murakami Haruki is to appear in February.  A representati...
Sunday, November 27, 2016

"Men Without Women" to Come out in English in May 2017

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Men without Women, the English-language translation of the short story collection  Onna no inai otokotachi ,   will appear on May 9, 2017.  ...
Monday, October 3, 2016

Danish Version of Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 to Appear on October 14

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Murakami's Danish publisher, Klim, has announced the approaching appearance of the Danish translation of Murakami's first two books...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

"A Novelist by Profession" to Come Out in German in October

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Dumont, the German publisher of Murakami, announced that the 2015 essay collection titled "Shokugyō to shite no shōsetsuka" is to ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

I Translate Murakami Therefore I Am, Says His Portuguese Translator

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I recently came across an interesting article by Murakami's Portuguese translator, Maria João Lourenço, a very personal piece describin...
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Saturday, June 4, 2016

About Dialect in Chinese and Korean versions of "Yesterday"

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I have recently had a chance to talk with Ziyi Xu and Hui Quan from the University of Tokyo. Both do research on Murakami and they have kind...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Brazilian Men without Women and the Surprises of Google Translate App

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A Brazilian Portuguese translation of Onna no inai otokotachi (Men without Women) came out from Editora Objective in January 2015 in a trans...
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