Actually, I'm frequently described as the UK's only translator of Korean literature, but even that isn't accurate - Agnita Tennant is UK-based,… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
I did my BA in English lit, and hated the restriction - I'd always read more in translation than not; coming from… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
I teach Korean translation at the British Centre for Literary Translation summer school, so I see an emerging generation too, who are… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Happy people look young. You’re really afraid of getting older, aren’t you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy. — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
I read The Vegetarian and fell in love with it. A year later, I was invited to go and speak at the London Book… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
A chorus of tough southern belles whispered, You need a loyal husband around here. Loyal to you, loyal to your family, loyal to your… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Instead of fearing what might happen if I failed, I should be excited about what could happen if I succeeded! — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
I suspected learning a language would be both useful and enjoyable (I love memorising lists of things), and would get rid of the embarrassment… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
“A vida é fugaz. A vida é preciosa. Temos de gozar cada momento. A sensualidade de respirar, de sentir, de querer.” — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
“The best sex takes us somewhere. Somewhere warm and expansive, a paradise of lust and happiness. Sex is and can be and should be… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Possibly the best thing about the whole experience is that Kang and I are now really good friends. It's as much of a pleasure… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
I've translated two of Bae's novels, A Greater Music and Recitation, which are coming from Open Letter and Deep Vellum in October and January… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Simon Collinson, of digital publisher Canelo and über-cool Aussie mag The Lifted Brow, is our digital producer; Sarah Shin, Verso's comms director, is helping… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
There's no linear narrative - the structure is more like a series of variations on a theme (how identity is shaped by language), with… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
There’s something very freeing about losing the anchors that have always defined you. Frightening, sad, but exhilarating in a poignant way, as well. You’re… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Plus, publishing's inherent conservatism, means that what little did get through was weighted towards the commercial end of the scale, which is not the… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Whenever I visit Korea she [Kang] buys me lunch and takes me to a gallery. As if all this wasn't enough, she has incredible… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
![“Whenever I visit Korea she [Kang] buys me lunch and takes me to a gallery. As if all this wasn't enough, she has incredible respect for translation as a creative, artistic practice - she insists that each English version is 'our book', offered to share her fees with me when she found out I wasn't…” quote by Deborah Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/851/deborah-smith-13837_artistic_whenever-i-visit-korea-she-kang-buys-me_1261446.jpg)