Kelly Burt-Candelaria, MA, CT

@thetranslatrix.bsky.social

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Literary translator and editor. Based in SoCal. German/Swedish to English. Spec-fic reader. She/sie/hon. Currently working on SV to EN #t9n of Ljungstedt's novel Hin ondes hus. Editor of @theplanchette.substack.com

Tumblr post by user holy-punks that says: "My favorite translator said that when she was an ambassador for Hungary she took all these Japanese politicians on a tour and she was trying to circumtranslate 'merry go round' cause she didn't know the Japanese word for it by calling it a 'horse tornado for children' and they had no blessed idea what she was saying and she finally started running in circles going up and down and they go 'ohhhhh, in Japan we call those 'merry-go-rounds'"