Being translators ourselves, we love watching movies with translators as the main characters, as they’re not very easy to come across. We also feel that they help lend visibility to translation and translators in general, which is something that our industry desperately needs. If you haven’t watched the trailer yet, the movie is about the translation of a bestseller and it’s actually inspired by…
A translator’s review of “Arrival”: truths and misconceptions about translation [contains some spoilers]
by Marina Spanou I recently watched the film Arrival. From the moment I found out that the protagonist was a translator/interpreter, I was very curious about its linguistic approach on a very common movie subject, i.e. aliens. I must say that, barring a few common misconceptions and clichés, I wasn’t disappointed at all. I will try to limit the spoilers for those of you…