Author Archives: Ronald Puppo

About Ronald Puppo

Ronald Puppo, senior lecturer in the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Applied Linguistics (UVic-UCC), has taught English studies and translation since 1994. His articles and reviews have appeared in Babel, Catalan Review, Translation Review, Anuari Verdaguer and others, including book chapters for Reichenberger and Routledge. Translator of several Catalan poets, his annotated translation, Mount Canigó: A tale of Catalonia (Barcino/Tamesis, 2015), was awarded the 2016 “Serra d’Or” Critics Prize for Research in Catalan Studies, and his extensively annotated anthology of poetry and prose by Joan Maragall, One Day of Life is Life (Fum d’Estampa Press, 2020) won the 2021 Ramon Llull International Translation Prize.

A translator’s preliminary questions. Part one: The why of it

Posted on 09.03.2023 by Ronald Puppo

Jacint Verdaguer’s epic L’Atlàntida (1878) revives the tale of the lost legendary city of Atlantis. Well and good, but how can a nineteenth-century romantic poem possibly connect with twenty-first century English-language readers? Bringing Verdaguer’s work to the surface of today’s … Continue reading →

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Interview with Marcel Garro, 2022 Andreu Febrer Translation Prize Winner

Posted on 24.10.2022 by Ronald Puppo

We interviewed Marcel Garro Ricart, a student in our Master’s Degree in Specialised Translation programme at the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia. Awarded this year’s Andreu Febrer Translation Prize in both categories (into Catalan and Spanish), he … Continue reading →

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Ressenya del Seminari sobre la Traducció a Catalunya

Posted on 20.03.2022 by Ronald Puppo

El primer dissabte de març, com és de ja ferma tradició, vàrem celebrar la trentena edició del Seminari sobre la Traducció a Catalunya, organitzat per l’Associació d’Escriptors en Llengua Catalana i les universitats catalanes amb grau en traducció (UAB, UJI, … Continue reading →

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Four takeaways from the Peter Bush interview

Posted on 13.12.2021 by Ronald Puppo

Editor’s note: This text follows up on the Cápsulas online conversation between Peter Bush and Ronald Puppo of 16th November. Watch the full interview on YouTube. The last Cápsulas de traducción in the current series will take place tomorrow evening, Tuesday … Continue reading →

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One Day of Life is Life: Joan Maragall

Posted on 14.09.2020 by Ronald Puppo

In this article we feature a video of translator Ronald Puppo talking about his forthcoming One Day of Life is Life: Joan Maragall (Fum d’Estampa Press), which contains selected poetry and prose of Joan Maragall (1860-1911) in a rigorously prepared, … Continue reading →

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