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Episode 4: Found in Translation

3 Sep 2026 · 1 h 07 min · S1 E4

What goes into translating a book from one language to another? How do you preserve something when your task is to change everything? What do translation and travel have in common? And why is translation, like travel, such an elusive concept? In this episode, we speak with Jennifer Croft, the English translator of Flights, about the craft of translation and her work as a writer of both fiction and nonfiction. For her work on Flights, Jennifer Croft won The Man Booker International Prize with Olga Tokarczuk in 2018.

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For a list of the authors and books discussed in the episode, and a look at some of the postcards from Jennifer Croft’s memoir, Notes on Postcards, head here: https://bookclub.behavioralscientist.org/episode-4-found-in-translation/

Episode 4 features translator and author Jennifer Croft. The episode was produced and edited by Evan Nesterak, and it was mixed by Stephanie Tam. Our theme music was composed by Nina Humphreys. Thank you to the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy at Princeton University for sponsoring Behavioral Scientist Reads and helping to make the podcast possible. Find out more at bookclub.behavioralscientist.org and behavioralscientist.org. Published by Behavioral Scientist magazine.