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.

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

A New Translation of An Old Murakami Book and Those Pesky Pronouns

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A new translation of Sekai no owari to Hādo-boirudo wand ṝ ando, known in English so far as Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World ...
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Monday, July 15, 2024

The New Novel Cover Design

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The cover design of City and Its Uncertain Walls, the American edition of the English translation of the newest Murakami novel, has been rel...
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Sunday, February 25, 2024

The English translation of Murakami's Newest Novel Out in November

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The English translation of Murakami's 2023 novel, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, will be out on November 26, 2024. The translator is ...
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Saturday, January 20, 2024

Spanish Translation of the New Novel to Be out in March

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  The Spanish translation of Machi to sono futashika na kabe (City and Its Uncertain Walls) will appear on March 13 from Tusquets Editores, ...
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

The German translation of the newest Murakami novel to appear on January 12

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The German translation of Murakami's 2023 novel , which is to be called in English, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, will appear in Ger...
Saturday, September 23, 2023

The Korean Translation of the New Book is Out -- So What Are Those City Walls Like After All?

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The Korean translation of Murakami's newest novel appeared on September 7. It has been translated by Hong Ǔnju (Eun-Ju), who also trans...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

The New Murakami Novel Is Out - So How Many Pages Is It After All?

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My copy of the new Murakami novel arrived today. I am very excited to read it. But before I start, I want to correct something I wrote last ...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

A New Murakami Novel Coming out on April 13!

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It seems as if the pandemic should have been a perfect time for blog writing, but for some reason I abandoned it for almost two years, which...
Saturday, July 10, 2021

Enjoying the Playful Poetry in First Person Singular

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To continue from the previous post (sorry for the three-month interlude!), here are seven translations of a short fragment of the poem ...
Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova, or Not Just Another Monkey

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The American version of First Person Singular came out today from Knopf in Philip Gabriel's translation. When I saw the book, I thought...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Murakami Monkeys in Europe: First Person Singular out in a Few European Countries

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Murakami's latest short story collection, First Person Singular , has been published in several European countries. The new translations...
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