The Local Sweden https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Ask a translator: Bringing a deeply personal memoir to a new audience The Local Sweden's Book Club has been reading Never Stop Walking, a memoir by Brazilian-born Christina Rickardsson who describes her childhood in poverty and her journey of reconnecting with her past. We spoke to translator Tara Chace about the experience of bringing Rickardsson's story to an English-speaking audience. https://www.thelocal.se/20190830/ask-a-translator-the-process-of-bringing-a-book-to-a-different-audience Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:10:35 +0200 ask-a-translator-the-process-of-bringing-a-book-to-a-different-audience Ask a translator: what's it like translating a bestselling Swedish thriller into English? The Local Sweden's Book Club has been reading Quicksand by Malin Persson-Giolito, a courtroom drama that opens with a shocking mass school shooting in a prestigious Stockholm neighbourhood. We spoke to translator Rachel Willson-Broyles about what it was like translating the thriller. https://www.thelocal.se/20190531/whats-it-like-translating-a-bestselling-swedish-thriller-into-english Fri, 31 May 2019 17:42:49 +0200 whats-it-like-translating-a-bestselling-swedish-thriller-into-english Ask a translator: Sarah Death on Astrid Lindgren's War Diaries The Local Sweden's Book Club has been reading the wartime diaries of Astrid Lindgren, in which the children's author documents domestic life alongside world events. We spoke to translator Sarah Death about her relationship with Lindgren and her experience working with the diaries. https://www.thelocal.se/20190426/ask-a-translator-sarah-death-on-translating-astrid-lindgrens-war-diaries Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:36:19 +0200 ask-a-translator-sarah-death-on-translating-astrid-lindgrens-war-diaries 'Noble' Swede: Hobbit dwarf stole my name A woman in eastern Sweden wants to take legal action after film officials translated the name of a dwarf in The Hobbit into her own “noble” Swedish name. https://www.thelocal.se/20121218/45144 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:19:00 +0100 45144 Nobel academy member 'friends with Mo Yan' The relationship between this year’s Nobel Laureate in Literature, Mo Yan, and academy member and translator Göran Malmqvist is much closer than previously believed, raising questions about a possible conflict of interest in the decision. https://www.thelocal.se/20121106/44274 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:05:00 +0100 44274 Bad interpreters a 'threat' to rule of law in Sweden Half of Sweden's courtroom interpreters are so poor that they represent a threat to the functioning of the country's legal system, researchers have warned. https://www.thelocal.se/20110906/35974 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:08:00 +0200 35974 Swedish translation system gets EU funding A research group led by the University of Gothenburg in the west of Sweden, has been granted 25 million kronor ($3.5 million) in EU funding to develop an online multilingual translation system covering most European languages. https://www.thelocal.se/20100119/24468 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:19:00 +0100 24468