Yuki Tejima on Translating Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s “Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel”

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What does translating the follow-up to an internationally beloved book involve? That was the question that translator Yuki Tejima faced when working on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s book Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel. We spoke with Tejima about her process and the legacy of the first volume, along with an excerpt from the book in advance of an event this weekend in New York City.

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