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Stray thoughts, tamed.
Working on some books is rigorous and pleasurable in equal measure. 100 Great Portuguese Wines by well-known wine expert and journalist Maria João de Almeida is one such book. My original brief was to revise the translation from Portuguese into English. It was immediately apparent that it would require extensive revision and—dare I say it—retranslation,... Continue Reading →
I enjoyed revising this novel by Cristina Carvalho because of the way the novel was written, because Alexandra Andersen Leitão translated it, and because of the collaborative effort, particularly at the final stage between translator, revisor and author.
A 15,000-word tourist guide to luxury hotels and cruises published as a French and English bilingual hard cover limited edition for a French quality guarantee label.
Casa Ramos Pinto: a remarkably rich corporate history spanning over 150 years, detailing a fascinating interplay between wine and art.
Sometimes unusual methods work, and also provide a bit of fun in the process.
Jorge Jardim Gonçalves – The Power of Silence by Luís Osório
A complex revision of a translation into English from the Portuguese of the biography of one of Portugal's most important bankers in recent times.
A Portuguese illustrated glossary for which I revised the English equivalents of the Portuguese entries (and their German counterparts).
L'oeuvre n'est pas une série de réponses, elle est une série de questions, elle n'est pas des explications, elle est des demandes d'explication, des demandes d'éclaircissement... C'est bien cela une oeuvre: une série d'interrogations et puisqu'il y a construction on peut la considérer comme une architecture d'interrogations. Si tout pouvait s'expliquer, il n'y aurait pas de discours.
Tout oeuvre doit être mise en question. Comme on dirait: une mise en scène. Au bout du compte, il n'y a pas de réponse à donner. En tous cas, il n'y a pas de réponse définitive. Ainsi, ce n'est pas la réponse qui éclaire, c'est la question.
Eugène Ionesco, Découvertes
That elusive pair of jeans