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Lin King Criticizes Relay Translation in Publishing

Original: Taiwan Travelogue translator Lin King is calling out publishing's "relay translation" practices. https://lithub.com/taiw

Lin King, the translator of 'Taiwan Travelogue', is publicly criticizing the publishing industry's reliance on 'relay translation', a practice in which a work is translated via an intermediate language rather than directly from the original. Writing in a widely shared essay, she argues the method distorts meaning and erases translators working from source languages, prompting discussion among translation and publishing professionals about industry norms.

Why now: Her essay on relay translation has sparked fresh debate about fairness and accuracy in how translated books reach English readers.

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• Taiwan Travelogue translator Lin King is calling out publishing's "relay translation" practices. https://lithub.com/taiwan-travelogue-translator-lin-king-is-calling-out-publishings-relay-translation-practices/ # Books # Translation # Publishing · lithub@robot.villas · 3

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