Paraphrasis Podcast

Department of Comparative Literature at Harvard

Paraphrasis is a podcast dedicated to the art and practice of literary translation, brought to you by a team of graduate students in the Department of Comparative Literature at Harvard. www.paraphrasispodcast.com

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Paraphrasis Podcast

Episodes (36)

Dec 15, 2025 Bonus: On calendars and untranslatable wallpaper
Dec 1, 2025 Collaborative Translation of Girls and Institutions by Daria Serenko
Nov 17, 2025 Bonus: Annabel Kim on “What if”

Paraphrasis Podcast

Dec 15, 2025
8½ minutes
5 MB

What does a translator do when one Russian word summons an entire visual world while English barely has a name for it? Nadezhda, Sasha, and Philippa unpack the long Google Doc trail behind a tear-off calendar, a photo mural, and the quiet surrealism of office décor that says everything without saying much. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.paraphrasispodcast.com

Paraphrasis Podcast

Bonus: On calendars and untranslatable wallpaper

Department of Comparative Literature at Harvard

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