I met with le french book founder anne trager, and le french book authors eric giacometti, and david khara to talk about writing thrillers for french and american markets. Anne trager has a passion for crime fiction that equals her love of france. There are way too many good books being written in france not reaching a broader audience. After many years working in translation, publishing, and communications, she woke up one morning and said, i just cant stand it anymore. Meaning, as fast as the translator anne trager can get them out. Le french book is dedicated to handpicking, translating and publishing bestselling mysteries and thrillers from france, set in france, by french writers. I am anne trager, aka the translator, infamous trafficker of french mysteries and thrillers in english. I help you optimize your energy and master your time. Thats when she founded le french book to translate some of those books into. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. This small, independent publishing venture dedicated to bringing.
Download audiobooks written by anne trager translator to your device. Its not the baguettes that keep her there shes sans gluten, but a uniquely french mix of pleasure seeking and creativity. The voice actor for this book is different come the one for the first three books on the series. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. This is the place to go for international mysteries and thrillers and translated mysteries and thrillers. She is the founder of le french book, an independent press publishing english translations of french. Treachery in bordeaux jeanpierre alaux, noel balen, anne. Then, in 2011, i woke up one morning and said, i just cant stand it anymore. Just to whet your appetite for this book, an excerpt is included at the end.
Anne is the founder and president of le french book, a new yorkbased publishing house that brings mysteries and thrillers from france. Our guest linguist this month is an american, a francophile, a literary translator, and the founder of le french book. Anne trager, founder of le french book, and the editor and translator for the winemaker detective series, amy richards and sally pane. She is a young attorney, working on a fascinating, mysterious case. To borrow from the smallpress lineup mugshot that appeared in booklist. Anne trager is a translator and editor based in france. New york, new york prweb april 21, 2015 after the success of the recently released shadow ritual, le french book, a mystery and thriller publisher specialized in translating top titles from france for the us market, is busy working on another title by international bestselling authors eric giacometti and jacques ravenne. Were lucky that anne trager can package these wonderful writers for us. Je vous aide a optimiser votre energie et maitrisez. Dec 31, 2015 anne trager has over a quarter of a century of experience working with the french in translation and publishing. We are happy to introduce one of our speakers, anne trager. This new yorkbased publishing house is dedicated to selecting, translating and publishing contemporary mysteries and thrillers from france, so as to bring them to readers across the englishspeaking world. But she is also a woman haunted by a tragic event in her own past, the murder of her mother.
The art and craft of translation with le french book. Anne trager is the founder of le french book, a small, independent publishing company dedicated to bringing frenchlanguage books to an englishspeaking audience established in 2012, the company has already published an impressive 30 books, and gained both critical and popula. Nov 30, 2015 anne trager has over a quarter of a century of experience working with the french in translation and publishing. Anne trager has over a quarter of a century of experience working with the french in translation and publishing. Anne met me at the slaughterhouse where we talked about flavours and culture. She is frequently asked about going the other way around, from english into french. Le french book publishes frances mysteries and thrillers in english. She founded le french book, a mystery and thriller publishing house dedicated to translating french mysteries and thrillers into english. All that time, i had been working in translation, publishing and communications. Jul 23, 20 as part of this effort, le french book is now making its titles available through netgalley, an online service to promote and publicize forthcoming titles to professional readers of influence. Le french book s headquarters is located in new york, new york, usa 10169. Anne trager is an american who has been living in france for more than 25 years.
Wine and food mysteries le french book social vignerons. Anne trager loves france so much she has lived there for over a quarter of a century and just cant seem to leave. This new yorkbased publishing house is dedicated to selecting, translating and publishing contemporary mysteries and thrillers from france, so as to bring them to. First of all, id like to tell you more about le french book. Anne trager has lived in france for over a quarter of a century, working in. Anne is the founder and president of le french book, a new yorkbased publishing. I recently founded le french book, an independent publisher dedicated to bringing readers around the englishspeaking world, french books youll love in english. Im so excited to be sharing this interview with you from thrillerfest. Jul 14, 2015 anne trager, translator and founder of the translation publishing house le french book, discusses translation and her encounter with eric giacometti, one of the authors of shadow ritual. A translator gets caught up in top secrets bookpage. The lafayette sword by eric giacometti, jacques ravenne. This small, independent publishing venture dedicated to bringing frenchlanguage books to an englishspeaking audience also has a thing for food and wine by the looks of the catalog. May 01, 20 anne trager grew up in ohio, loves the south west of the us, and calls france home.
The paris lawyer sylvie granotier, anne trager translator. This is one of those book tours where i wish that there was a giveaway attached. His french pronunciations are a great improvement, as are his voicings of the characters. I first met le french book founder, anne trager in 2015, at thrillerfest in new york. She is frequently asked about going the other way around, from english to french. Balen translation by anne trager is 2014 le french publication. Its called treachery in bordeaux and was written by two epicurean french men, jeanpierre alaux and noel balen. Le french book is a digital and print publisher dedicated to handpicking, translating and publishing frances best mysteries and thrillers so new readers across the englishspeaking world can enjoy them. Looking to the woods audiobook by frederique molay, anne. Anne trager, linguist of the month of november le mot juste.
Shadow ritual eric giacometti and jacques ravenne, trans. This publishing house just released the bleiberg project, which was published on april 30. Le french book is dedicated to handpicking and translating in good reads from. Transformation of translation cccs beyond the book. Anne trager is the founder of le french book, a small, independent publishing company dedicated to bringing frenchlanguage books to an englishspeaking audience.
Anne trager, founder and publisher of le french book, a new yorkbased publishing house focused on translations of commercial fiction from france, will address this question at the prefrankfurt book fair business club breakfast dedicated to rights, translation and discovery in the digital age. Flambe in armagnac jeanpierre alaux and noel balen, trans. However, the publisher is doing a book tour at the same time as this one, and it does have a giveaway. She joins me now from southwestern france, near toulouse. Anne is the founder and inspiration behind le french book, a digitalfirst publisher of french crime.
Top draws for wine, food and france lovers are the winemaker detective series, an immersion. Interview with anne trager, founder of le french book. In this second chapter in the winemaker detective series, we find cooker being assaulted and badly beaten. The companys founderamerican translator and editor anne tragerloves france so much she has lived there for over a quarter of a century, and just cant. Le french book is dedicated to handpicking, translating and publishing bestselling mysteries and thrillers fr noir is a french word, but theres so much moresuspense, procedurals, culinary mysteries, wine mysteries, art mysteries, espionage, action, adventure, hardboiled pis, thrillers, and more. Anne trager loves france so much she has lived there for 27 years and just cant seem to leave. As part of this effort, le french book is now making its titles available through netgalley, an online service to promote and publicize forthcoming titles to professional readers of influence. I came across a company called le french book on the internet a while back and was really interested in the concept taking french language books and translating them into english. Live interview with anne trager, founder of le french book. I was able to lose myself in the story instead of being frustrated with the reading. This is a really great book and we want to make sure people hear about it, said anne trager, founder. Anne trager loves france so much she has lived there for more than a quarter of a century and just cant seem to leave.
Interview with anne trager of le french book september 17, 2012 by janine marsh france i came across a company called le french book on the internet a while back and was really interested in the concept taking french language books and translating them into english. Sep 26, 2014 anne trager, founder and publisher of le french book, a new yorkbased publishing house focused on translations of commercial fiction from france, will address this question at the prefrankfurt book fair business club breakfast dedicated to rights, translation and discovery in the digital age. Anne trager made a comment in the group francophiles recommend a french book topic a. The lafayette sword antoine marcas freemason thrillers book 2 ebook. Anne trager, translator and founder of the translation publishing house le french book, discusses translation and her encounter with eric giacometti, one of the authors of shadow ritual. Eric giacometti auteur, jacques ravenne auteur, anne trager traduction.
This is an especially fun episode because gabriela pereira interviews not one, not two, but three industry experts. In this podcast jeff steiner talks with anne trager, an american in pibrac near toulouse. When i later read this short manifesto on the le french book website, it only further confirmed that anne and i are of the same mind. The lafayette sword antoine marcas freemason thrillers book. Americans in france podcast with anne trager youtube. Le french books competitors, revenue, number of employees. Thats when i founded le french book to translate some of those books into english. Le french book ebooks et prix des produits le french book fnac. A philosophy of the insect centre alexandre koyre ehess. Sylvie granotiers book, the paris lawyer, has a compelling heroine in catherine monsigny.
She first trained to be a chef and a wine taster and, of course, learned to speak french. Treachery in bordeaux the winemaker detective series book 1. Anne trager certified human potential coach anne trager. I came across a company called le french book on the internet a while back and was really interested in the concept taking french language. Apr 21, 2015 new york, new york prweb april 21, 2015 after the success of the recently released shadow ritual, le french book, a mystery and thriller publisher specialized in translating top titles from france for the us market, is busy working on another title by international bestselling authors eric giacometti and jacques ravenne. In 2011, she woke up one morning and said, i just cant stand it anymore. The companys founderamerican translator and editor anne tragerloves france so much she has lived there for over a quarter of a century, and just cant seem to leave. Interview with anne trager of le french book my french. After all, the job means i have to get inside their heads and interpret their intentions. Guest post by anne trager i always get a little nervous when i meet an author whose book im translating. Its a crime of passion, anne trager says about le french book. If youd like to learn more about translated books in the u.
Interview with anne trager of le french book translation is about recreating an experience you have reading, which necessarily means some kind of adaptation to get the reading pleasure across i was frustrated in the translation because in english there are not nearly as many common words for wine barrel as there are in french. Meet anne trager, the founder of le french book, a small, independent publishing company dedicated to. Contec frankfurt 2014 introducing anne trager youtube. Anne trager is the founder of le french book, a small, independent publishing company dedicated to bringing french language books to an englishspeaking audience established in 2012, the company has already published an impressive 30 books, and gained both critical and popula. I contacted anne trager, the founder of the company, to find out more. Its not the baguettes that keep her there shes sans gluten, but a uniquely french mix of pleasure seeking and. Hello and welcome to another episode of diy mfa radio. Anne trager grew up in ohio, loves the south west of the us, and calls france home. This new yorkbased publishing house is dedicated to selecting, translating and publishing contemporary mysteries and thrillers from france, so as. Looking to the woods audiobook frederique molay, anne. Jan 30, 20 in this podcast jeff steiner talks with anne trager, an american in pibrac near toulouse. Established in 2012, the company has already published an impressive 30 books, and gained both critical and popular success. What keeps her there is a uniquely french mix of pleasure seeking and creativity.
Interview with anne trager of le french book my french life. Being published in france, part two, by anne trager. Keep your eyes peeled this fall for le french books first releases special promotions available if you click on the release date links below, and look to the sidebar to read more about anne trager and the start to le french book. Dec 19, 2017 its a crime of passion, anne trager says about le french book. After years working in translation, publishing and communications, she founded le french book to bring french mysteries and thrillers to more readers across the englishspeaking world. Right away i knew she and i shared a passion for great books, and getting those books in the hands of readers. Just finished the first of the winemaker detective series and loved it. Sep 17, 2012 i came across a company called le french book on the internet a while back and was really interested in the concept taking french language books and translating them into english. Aug 25, 2014 we are happy to introduce one of our speakers, anne trager. Interview with anne trager, founder of le french book bonjour paris. New giacometti and ravenne thriller in the works at le french. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial.