Merkez: l’Origine du mot Burcu Karahan, translator of One Thousand and One Kisses, reflects on the nuances of translating the words kedi and merkez into English.

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Translators’ Note for Fatma Aliye’s Scenes of Life By Nefise Kahraman Fatma Aliye’s Scenes of Life, which has been translated into English by the Translation Attached Translators Collective through weekly workshops over the course of a year, is ful…

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