In this episode, Eve and Corinne interview English to Spanish translator Mercedes Guhl and French to English translator Kate Deimling about translating books: a topic our listeners often ask about. Kate and Mercedes give us their thoughts on:

• Where to start if you would like to translate books


• What skills a book translator needs


• Whether book fairs and other in-person events are valuable for book translators


• The pluses and minuses of self-publishing your translations of public domain books


• How to approach the financial aspects of book translation


• Resources and tips for aspiring book translators

Links mentioned in this episode:

–Kate’s website

-Mercedes’ LinkedIn page (in Spanish)

–Mercedes’ blog, about to be reactivated

-Kate’s Twitter feed

-Susan Bernofsky’s blog Translationista

–PEN America’s Heim grants, open to emerging translators

-The American Translators Association’s Literary Division webpage

–The archive of Source, the ATA Literary Division journal

-The American Literary Translators Association’s resources page

–Publicar con calidad editorial, a primer on the publishing process, in Spanish

–The PEN list of publishers of works in translation

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Translating books: with Kate Deimling and Mercedes Guhl