1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 A LIFE IN TRANSLATION.&amp;nbsp;Alastair McEwen was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in July 1950. He is a man of letters, a former teacher and, above all, one of the most distinguished translators of Italian literature into English. To date, he has published over 100 book-length translations (novels and non-fiction), essays, articles, and poems, plus several feature film scripts and operatic librettos. He has translated some of the most important Italian writers of our time: Umberto Eco, Roberto Calasso, Antonio Tabucchi, Fleur Jaeggy, Alessandro Baricco, Aldo Busi and many others. &quot;One of the great pleasures of translation: you are constantly learning about subjects you previously knew nothing about.&quot; &quot;Translations change because language changes.&quot; &quot;If you stop reading for a month, the modern world moves so quickly that you can fall behind to an extraordinary degree.&quot; https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/alastair-mcewen/ Alain Elkann Interviews https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/42873315/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/ea6c35/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/206229300