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DESCRIPTION:Since 1989\,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;Jay Rubin&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;has transla
 ted many of Haruki Murakami&#x27;s most successful and prize-winning novels\, i
 ncluding&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle&lt;/em&gt;\,&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;Norwegian W
 ood&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;and&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;1Q84&lt;/em&gt;. In this program\, he is joined by&amp;
 nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Ted Goossen&lt;/strong&gt;\, translator of Murakami&#x27;s most recent 
 U.S. publications\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;The Strange Library&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;(Knopf\, Dece
 mber 2014) and&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Wind/Pinball: Two Early Novels&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;(Knopf\
 , August 2015)\, and co-editor of&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Monkey Business&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;lit
 erary magazine\, which showcases the best of contemporary Japanese literat
 ure for an international audience. They will discuss the unique challenges
  of translating modern Japanese literary works into American English\, and
  vice versa. Rubin will also talk about his transition from translator to 
 novelist&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;vis-&amp;agrave\;-vis&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;his debut novel&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;
 The Sun Gods&lt;/em&gt;. Joining the discussion from Tokyo will be authors&amp;nbsp\
 ;&lt;strong&gt;Aoko Matsuda&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;and&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Satoshi Kitamura&lt;/s
 trong&gt;\, and&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Motoyuki Shibata&lt;/strong&gt;\, friend and translat
 ing partner of Murakami\, former University of Tokyo professor\, and the J
 apanese translator of such American literary luminaries as Paul Auster and
  Thomas Pynchon. Author&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Roland Kelts&lt;/strong&gt;\, co-editor of
 &amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Monkey Business&lt;/em&gt;\, moderates the discussion.&lt;em&gt;Followed by
  a reception.&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;Tickets:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;$12/$8 Japan Society m
 embers\, students &amp;amp\; seniors
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SUMMARY:The Magical Art of Translation: From Haruki Murakami to Japan&#x27;s Lat
 est Storytellers
URL:/en/events/2015/05/07/the-magical-art-of-translation-from-haruki-muraka
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