As a professional translator, albeit non-literary, I was interested to read the article ‘It’s a silent conversation’ (6 April) and disappointed to see no mention of the Swedish-to-English translator (Ebba Segerberg) in Clare Clark’s review of The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag, same edition). Guardian reviews of translated works usually mention the translator and the quality of the translation, so hopefully this omission is a one-off.
Philip Slotkin
Hampstead, London
• In your article on the Man Booker International shortlist (10 April) you write how the prize is shared equally between author and translator. However, you go on to only list the “nominees” by book title and author, failing to include the translators’ names at all.
Would it really have taken up too much space or ink to publish this “all-female cast of translators” by name? After all, without them and their hard work there would be no nominations.
Julia Booer
Worthing, West Sussex
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