Sawad Hussain & Archana Madhaven on translating webtoons & Korean literature

<p>We have a great translation double-bill today, with a conversation between Archana Madhaven and Sawad Hussain. Sawad was a virtual translator in residence in 2021 during our Visible Communities project, and this interview was arranged as part of that residency.  <a href='https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/translation/visible-communities/'>https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/translation/visible-communities/</a> </p> <p>Sawad Hussain is an Arabic translator with a focus on bringing narratives from the African continent to wider audiences. She has contributed to journals such as ArabLit and Asymptote, she was co-editor of the Arabic-English portion of the Oxford Arabic Dictionary and recent translations include Passage to the Plaza by Sahar Khalifeh and A Bed for the King’s Daughter by Shahla Ujayli.</p> <p>Archana Madhaven is an Indian-American translator from Korean into English. She started teaching herself Korean ten years ago and has now worked on many projects including The Man Who Became A Flamingo by Oh Han Ki, contract work with Lezhin Entertainment on genre webtoons and Glory Hole by Kim Hyun (co-translated with Suhyun J. Ahn), which is coming from Seagull Books in May 2022. She has contributed to chogwa and is a staff translator for The Hanok Review.</p> <p>chogwa: <a href='https://www.chogwa.com/'>https://www.chogwa.com/</a></p> <p>Find out more: <a href='https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/'>https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/</a> </p> <p>Hosted by Simon Jones.</p> <p>Music by Bennet Maples.</p>