Post by rosemary.thorne on Nov 9, 2022 17:14:02 GMT
Hello Mr. Lee,
My name is Rosemary Thorne, and I got to translate "The Bighead" into Spanish for Dimensiones Ocultas. What a ride! What a fascinating task! Let me share some silly anecdotes with you.
First of all, the beginning. What a beginning! I remember that I couldn't find the right voice at first, so I said to myself, keep reading and the voice will come. Haha! It was more like a roar! I wrote and re-wrote the beginning because it was the entrance to an amazing palace of horrific wonder. Spain hasn't seen anything like this as yet. I'm getting ready to be burned at the stake!
The accent of the different characters, that was another challenge. I had to choose an accent within the Spanish peninsula that could represent it without much identification, or else I could be accused of mocking folks of a particular region. That could actually be a bigger issue than sex with a priest or any of Balls' hobbies
I enjoyed very much the nuns, they are monstrous! It might be because I had some problems with them at an early age, and I've disliked them my entire life. I did have fun with their threesome with Father Alexander! It is so disturbing since that first dream before he actually goes to the abbey!
Dimensiones Ocultas still hasn't got a date for the publication, but it's going to be interesting to see how the readers react to the novel, and to the fact that the translator is a woman. I am not quite sure how feminist will react to the book, although there are so many transgressions that feminists are the least of my concerns! I didn't soften anything, of course, I wanted everything as wild as in the original. That was my job, and also my pleasure.
I liked that very much, translating what could be considered a stupendous monument to transgression and irreverence. I truly loved it, and feel proud about it.
Roberto Carrasco, Dimensiones Ocultas' editor, will probably tell you. And myself too, if you are around this wondrous Keenedom!
It has been an honor, Sir.
Keep well.