Leading translators launch award through crowdfunding

Leading translators launch award through crowdfunding

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Nishizaki, known in Japan for translating famous foreign works such as those of A. E. Coppard, shows on a smartphone screen the website for the "Best Translation Award" established by several leading translators in Japan with money raised from crowdfunding during an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2014. In the foreground are copies of translated literature that has influenced Nishizaki.

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