Comments on: TLC (or DLK) a Deutscher Phantastik Preis Nominee

By: Matthew in Austin

Matthew in Austin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:34:19 +0000

Thanks Joerg!

By: Christoph

Christoph — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:11:28 +0000

Bitte, bitte! I’ve also suggested to my local library, that they buy some of your books.

By: Joerg

Joerg — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:57:20 +0000

@#1: “Principia” is the German version of “The System of the World”, it takes 2-3 years for translations of books into German, and most of the time, it’s not worth it other than that I’m able to read German 10% faster…

And yes, Zoe is Zoe in German.

By: tudza

tudza — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:41:40 +0000

If you win, don’t use “You like me, you really like me!” in your acceptance speech. Sincere emotions seem to confuse people, at least in Hollywood.

Schwein haben

By: Chris Hsiang

Chris Hsiang — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:14:36 +0000

Congratulations! Pity that Heyne appropriated the cover art from Ken MacLeod’s “The Cassini Division”.

By: James

James — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:10:29 +0000

Cool. I was up for the Phantastik Preis in 2003, and, as you say, it’s the best honor possible just to be grouped with so many brilliant writers.

By: Matthew in Austin

Matthew in Austin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:44:05 +0000

“Die letzte Kolonie” seems like a perfectly reasonable translation. But how do they translate proper names? Anathem somehow turned into Principia, even though Anathem was a made up word in that novel – I guess the poor German translator had his work cut out for him in that one, having to come up with German made-up-words for all Stephenson’s Arbe made-up-words.

Can you safely assume that Zoe is called Zoe in all translations, or are all proper names subject to the whims of the foreign translators? And just in case they do something absurd, do you or Tor have any right of objection to artistic liberties taken by the foreign translators? Because it is still your name on the thing.