ALT Translation

08/10/2015

In September 2012 at the literature festival Kapittel in Stavanger I was honored to interpret for the wonderful and brave writer Svetlana Alexievich. She is a humble intelligent woman, it was an absolute pleasure to interpret for her and show her around Stavanger.She later sent me a signed copy of her book.

And today I found out that she had won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature.
I congratulate her with this well-deserved outstanding achievement!

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/nonfiction-deserves-nobel

Is it possible that the Nobel committee might finally reverse the ignoble treatment of what we call “nonfiction writing” and admit that it is literature?

21/09/2015

Interpreting (Norwegian, Russian, English) for Barents Press course Democracy in Norway, from the 10th till the 15th of September (during the regional and municipal elections across Norway).
Bodø:
Avisa Nordland's editorial department
Lecture ”Demokrati på norsk” (Norwegian Democracy) in the University of Nordland
Lecture ”Integritet, habilitet og troverdighet” (Integrity, impartiality and credibility) in the University of Nordland
Interviews with members and representatives of the Norwegian political parties in Glasshuset.
Political debate among 5 parties in Bodø Town Hall.
Oslo:
Interpreting the guided tour at the National Gallery
A polling station in Oslo
A tour to the Parlament building, meeting with the leader of the press gallery (omvisning og møte med presselosjen på Stortinget)
VG, møte med politisk kommentator Frithjof Jacobsen (meeting with Frithjof Jacobsen, a political commentator)
A tour\visit to the Centre commemorating the 22nd of July (omvisning på 22.julisenteret)
A visist to NRK
Analysis of the results of elections with Rune Karlsen at the Institute for Social Research, University of Oslo (analyse av valgresultatet ved stipendiat i statsvitenskap Rune Karlsen ved institutt for samfunnsforskning, UiO)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norwegian - Russian relationship (om forholdet Norge-Russland ved Marius Dirdal, seksjonsleder ved Russlandseksjonen hos Utenriksdepartementet).
A visit to the editorial department of the newspaper "Class Struggle" (besøke avisa Klassekampen)