The Connexion speaks to Adriana Hunter as she prepares to tackle the poetic bestseller Son odeur après la pluie

Adriana Hunter has translated over one hundred books and won multiple awards

Adriana Hunter is one of the most experienced British translators of French books with more than a hundred under her belt. She is the recipient of multiple literary prizes and awards. 

She has been the official translator for the English version of the Asterix series of graphic novels since 2018, when she replaced Anthea Bell, and has worked on the last four of them. 

She loves ‘juggling with words’ and has been honing her craft to bridge the gap between both languages.

This can mean anything from unravelling the intimacy of Amélie Nothomb’s bestselling novels or conveying the play-on-words and puns in Asterix. 

The Connexion interviewed Cédric Sapin-Defour for Son odeur après la pluie, an unexpected bestseller telling the intimate relationship between him and Ubac, his Bernese mountain dog, who died in 2017.

He was asked for his opinion about whoever would be chosen for the English translation. 

He was not sure how that person would accomplish what he considered an almost impossible task. 

Source: The Connexion

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