The Beauty of Co-Translation

Abstract

Translating poetry can be an unnerving and lonely process. There are infinite ways to navigate from one language to the next, causing the sole translator much doubt, insecurity, and general indecisiveness. Working as a team, however, we—José Bañuelos Montes and Sally Perret, who always write each other’s name first—have discovered the joy of sharing responsibilities and the excitement that dialogue brings to the process of translation. [ . . . ]