{"id":366,"date":"2011-11-20T12:07:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T04:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=366"},"modified":"2011-11-20T12:42:42","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T04:42:42","slug":"making-the-translator-visible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=366","title":{"rendered":"Making the Translator Visible"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When Three Percent <\/a>announced they’d be re-running their Making the Translator Visible<\/em> series, I knew it was only a matter of time before they got to me, questionable picture and all. Well, here it is<\/a>, along with an amusing story about some of the obstacles on the way to visibility.<\/p>\n

I should note, also, in praise, that it’s standard New Directions <\/a>practice to list the translator’s name on the cover page of their books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Three Percent announced they’d be re-running their Making the Translator Visible series, I knew it was only a matter of time before they got to me, questionable picture and all. Well, here it is, along with an amusing story … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,31],"tags":[44,168],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-5U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":348,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=348","url_meta":{"origin":366,"position":0},"title":"ALTA Conference 2011","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"November 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The annual conference of the American Literary Translators Association is going on now, in Kansas City, MO. 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