SF in Translation
SF in Translation

SF in Translation

SF in Translation

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SF in Translation is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror podcast dedicated to the exploration of the translation of speculative fiction. Each episode features news and interviews about translated works and the job of translation. SF in Translation is part of The Skiffy and Fanty Show podcast network. If you want to find out more about us and our other shows, go to skiffyandfanty.com.

Recent Episodes

Speculative Fiction in Translation #17: Science Fiction and Fairy Tales
NOV 15, 2019
Speculative Fiction in Translation #17: Science Fiction and Fairy Tales
This month, Rachel and Daniel talk about the SFiT that came out in September and what they’re reading now. As Daniel points out, several of the short stories they discuss have some kind of fairy-tale element to them,
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60 MIN
Speculative Fiction in Translation #16: Looking Back on the Summer’s SFT
SEP 23, 2019
Speculative Fiction in Translation #16: Looking Back on the Summer’s SFT
Rachel and Daniel return this month with a wide-ranging conversation about the SFT they’ve been reading/hearing about/wanting to read from the summer. While Rachel was reading Liu Cixin’s Supernova Era (tr. by Joel Martinsen),
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44 MIN
Speculative Fiction in Translation #15: An Interview with Julia Meitov Hersey
JUL 22, 2019
Speculative Fiction in Translation #15: An Interview with Julia Meitov Hersey
This month, Rachel has a special guest on the podcast! Julia Meitov Hersey (@JuliaMeiHersey), who translated the psychological-fantasy-thriller Vita Nostra from the Russian, comes on to talk about how she first started translating the complex,
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43 MIN
Speculative Fiction in Translation #14: Biological and Artificial
JUN 14, 2019
Speculative Fiction in Translation #14: Biological and Artificial
April brought us stories and books about the merging of the biological and artificial, zombification, organic routers, and much more. Plus we talk about what we’ve been reading, our favorite stories this month,
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59 MIN
Speculative Fiction in Translation #13: Spanish Sherlock Holmes
APR 19, 2019
Speculative Fiction in Translation #13: Spanish Sherlock Holmes
March brings us Indonesian sci-fi about intergalactic love, Portuguese fantasy about a family’s terrible secrets, Italian sci-fi about what it means to be human, a story from the “Lost Files” of Sherlock Holmes, and much more.
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54 MIN