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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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Amira Rutherford-Moore
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Cornelia Funke:
Hi Cornelia! Ive been a avid fan of yours for about seven years, where I fell in love with your Inkheart trilogy. Inkspell will always be one of my all time favorites! My favorite of yours is the Mirrorworld books, those just take my breath away with each word and description. I know you recently published heartless in German a few months ago,But, do you have any idea when it will be published in English??
Cátia
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Cornelia Funke:
I've only just found out that you're writing the fourth book of the Inkworld series and that is supposed to come out next year. I really hope it can come to Portugal, either in portuguese or english. I absolutely love the series and always will. I know there's an audio reading of the first chapters in german, will there be an english version or at this point it would be better to just wait for the book?
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