Forthcoming Translation
The Education of Julia and Florentine
A new English translation of Les Cousines de la colonelle, a nineteenth-century French novel of manners, intrigue, and erotic suggestion.
Robin Segalen specializes in bringing older French texts to modern English readers, preserving period atmosphere, literary tone, and the texture of the original prose while keeping the translation readable and alive.
Translation Work
Areas of Interest
Historical & Literary Texts
French novels, forgotten works, public-domain literature, historical documents, and texts requiring sensitivity to tone, register, and period style.
Approach
Faithful to the original
Respecting sentence movement, implication, humor, and the author’s particular voice.
Readable in English
Producing translations that feel natural without flattening historical or literary character.
Attentive to context
Treating older texts as literary objects shaped by their period, publication history, and cultural setting.
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