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Grace Najmulski (they/them) is a literary translator of Chinese and Japanese prose. They first became interested in literary translation in their high school Latin class—double majoring in Chinese Language and Literature and Japanese Studies at Middlebury College. There, they took a translation workshop with professor Stephen Snyder and wrote their thesis about the late Yu Lihua 於梨華 under the advisory of Thomas Moran.
In the spring of 2024, they graduated from the University of Iowa's MFA program in Literary Translation. While in Iowa, Grace collaborated with PRC writers Suo Er 索耳 and Shi Yifeng 石一枫 at the International Writers Program (IWP). They also participated in an undergraduate workshop translating poems by Japanese poet Yotsumoto Yasuhiro 四元康祐 and Taiwanese writer Li Kotomi 李琴峰 hosted by professor Kendall Heitzman. Grace is currently working on translating the stories from Suo Er's recent collection, Noncorrelation, along with stories by the PRC writer Zhang Tianyi. They are also interested in translating more Taiwanese and Chinese diaspora, but is intrigued by anything that 1) challenges the western colonial perception of East Asia or 2) challenges any idea of "normal." |
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Translations
A Blazing Star: Taiwan and the Making of Tadao Kano
by Liu Ka-Shiang
sample for Books From Taiwan (1)
sample for National Museum of Taiwan Literature (2)
"Coming Around"
by Suo Er
short story from Noncorrelation
published in At Length Magazine
“Do You Have a Sea Chart in Your Mind?”
by Suo Er
speech for the IWP library series
published in Cha Literary Journal
Beware the Snip Snip, Black Cat!
by Cheng-Yao
sample for A Book A Year
Why Are Teens So Difficult: Field Tested Strategies for Dealing with Challenging Teens From a Veteran Guidance Counselor
by Lin Wei-Hsin
sample for Books From Taiwan
by Liu Ka-Shiang
sample for Books From Taiwan (1)
sample for National Museum of Taiwan Literature (2)
"Coming Around"
by Suo Er
short story from Noncorrelation
published in At Length Magazine
“Do You Have a Sea Chart in Your Mind?”
by Suo Er
speech for the IWP library series
published in Cha Literary Journal
Beware the Snip Snip, Black Cat!
by Cheng-Yao
sample for A Book A Year
Why Are Teens So Difficult: Field Tested Strategies for Dealing with Challenging Teens From a Veteran Guidance Counselor
by Lin Wei-Hsin
sample for Books From Taiwan
Reviews
"When the Translations Hit, They Really Hit: Sayaka Murata's Life Ceremony" A book review for Cha Literary Journal.
"Perhaps Misguided: Aneeta Sundararaj’s 𝑇𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑" A book review for Cha Literary Journal.
"The King of Dogs is a King Amongst Animated Films" A movie review on Peliplat.
"Perhaps Misguided: Aneeta Sundararaj’s 𝑇𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑" A book review for Cha Literary Journal.
"The King of Dogs is a King Amongst Animated Films" A movie review on Peliplat.
Sample Translations
The back garden had experienced various degrees of prosperity and various degrees of poverty. But those onion flowers seemed as if they would go on to exist for many generations to come; enduring winters, summers, and springs, they would bloom in the garden every year, just as before.
"The Back Garden" by Xiao Hong (萧红的【后花园】)
| the_back_garden.docx__1_.pdf |
"I Was Lonely" by Fujino Kaori (藤野可織の「私はさみしかった」) - excerpt
| fujino_kaori_sample_translation.docx__1_.pdf |
