Fundstück

„Translators also suffer from a lack of status, a situation reflected in the fact that only two of the Society of Authors‘ seven winners work as translators full time. Translation is considered by many universities to be insufficiently significant or original to add lustre to an academic CV, while publishers routinely sweep evidence of translation off the covers of books. „It’s weird,“ says Allen. „There’s no stigma attached to being an actor rather than a playwright, or a pianist rather than a composer, but there’s this horrible stigma attached to being a translator.“ Translations are often seen as second best because they are interpretations of an author’s work, but as Allen says, „It’s like saying ‚I‘m not going to see Hamlet because Shakespeare’s not playing it‘.“

Richard Lea im Guardian (schon etwas älter).