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All “translator recognition” issues and talk aside (as a translator myself, but also as someone working in publishing, I have my own particular set of views on how this issue should be approached), our friends over at have put together a five-part list highlighting (with photo proof) that the twenty-five amazing novels that made the fiction longlist were indeed translated, and by people nonethelessÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”people with FACES (most of them)!

As TypoEra’s Aaron Westerman writes:

A novel in its original form might be great, but letÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s face it, without the loving attention of a skilled translator it could end up destroyed when it arrives in its English version. The Best Translated Book Award isnÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™t just about the authors, itÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s about the translators who take their work and make it accessible to an even greater audience as well. To drive that point home, the awardÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s $10,000 cash prize is split equally between the winning author and the translator of his or her book.

and are already upÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”stay tuned to TypoEra for Parts Three, Four, and Five!