Readers Salon Event #15 Please Don't Cry, Mr. Wolf

Translators translate not only words; they translate culture. But how does a translator convey cultural difference while remaining faithful to the original text? And how to translate jokes and swear words? Novelist, translator of sixteen Quebec novels into English, and winner of the Governor General’s Award for Translation, Wayne Grady traverses the world of translated literature, sharing some of the hair-pulling conundrums that drive translators crazy, even when they get them right, and make readers laugh out loud when they don’t.