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Ruth Martin

Ruth Martin is a translator from the German. She has translated authors including Joseph Roth, Hannah Arendt, Nino Haratischwili and Shida Bazyar. She has taught translation at the University of Kent and the Bristol Translates summer school, and is a former co-chair of the Translators Association.

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Fiction | Issue 165
Fiction | Issue 165

Beginning and End

Lukas Maisel

‘If she really knew how beautiful she was, she would hardly have met up with him, so it was best not to tell her.’

Fiction by Lukas Maisel, translated by Ruth Martin.

Fiction | Issue 165
Fiction | Issue 165

Allegro Pastell

Leif Randt

‘It was fantastic to own a phone, it was fantastic to have people you loved in your life.’

Fiction by Leif Randt, translated by Ruth Martin.

Fiction | Issue 165 padlock
Fiction | Issue 165 padlock

Model Country

Shida Bazyar

‘Are you talking as Laleh now, or as the Islamic Republic of Iran? I don’t say anything.’

Fiction by Shida Bazyar, translated by Ruth Martin.

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