Gila Walker on translating Around the World with Writers, Scientists and Philosophers by Michel Serres
Gila Walker is the translator of more than a hundred books and articles from French, including essays by Jacques Derrida, Tzvetan Todorov, Maurice Maeterlinck, Michel Serres and Georges Didi-Huberman, and an award-winning novel by Léonora Miano, Season of the Shadow. Her published translations at Gazebo Books include Shades of Black by Nathalie Etoké, Blind Spot by Myriam Tadessé and the upcoming release of Twilight of Torment: Melancholy by Léonora Miano, a finalist for the French American Foundation Translation Prize. In this article, Gila reflects on her recent experience translating Around the World with Writers, Scientists and Philosophers by Michel Serres.
