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Cornelia Funke:
Hi Cornelia. First, I love your books! They've inspired me so much, so thank you. Onto the question. When I learned Inkheart was originally written in German, I was amazed. The language, the voice is so beautiful, and sometimes that beauty is lost in translation. I assume your translator is phenomenal, but I'm also curious, did you have a hand in the process? Thanks! Madeleine Colis
Cornelia Funke
Dear Madeleine,
first of all - my translator for Inkworld IS amazing. It is the legendary Anthea Bell. And second - yes, I had a hand in the process, because Anthea would never do a translation without at least suggesting a close collaboration to the author. I loved the emails she sent during the process - with detailed questions on so many details that made me see my story even clearer. ThiefLord and MirrorWorlds book were translated by Oliver Latsch (who is also my cousin and bilingual) as he also lives in LA and with MirrorWorld it often needs even more back and forth. But I am looking forward to work again with Anthea on my upcoming A GRIFFIN'S FEATHER which is the sequel of DRAGONRIDER. And then there is INK&MIRROR I am playing with which Anthea probably will do as well:)
best from LA! Cornelia
first of all - my translator for Inkworld IS amazing. It is the legendary Anthea Bell. And second - yes, I had a hand in the process, because Anthea would never do a translation without at least suggesting a close collaboration to the author. I loved the emails she sent during the process - with detailed questions on so many details that made me see my story even clearer. ThiefLord and MirrorWorlds book were translated by Oliver Latsch (who is also my cousin and bilingual) as he also lives in LA and with MirrorWorld it often needs even more back and forth. But I am looking forward to work again with Anthea on my upcoming A GRIFFIN'S FEATHER which is the sequel of DRAGONRIDER. And then there is INK&MIRROR I am playing with which Anthea probably will do as well:)
best from LA! Cornelia
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Cornelia Funke:
Hi! I absolutely LOVE your book, Dragon Rider! It was one of the reasons I fell in love with books. You're such an inspiration! And you are funke-y! (Get it? FUNKe-y? Bet you haven't heard that before!) I also love Thief Lord, which doesn't seem to be mentioned so much in the questions below. What do you feel is your biggest success so far? Will Dragon Rider be a trilogy, duology, etc? Thank you for reading this!!
Kiran Kaur
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Cornelia Funke:
Dear Funke, I love your books!! Especially the Ink-trilogy and The thief lord. Here comes my question: in a previously answer you said that the sequel of Ink-trilogy will be published in English in 2018. Do you have any idea when it will be published in Dutch? Thanks, Strawberry
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