How to Translate Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa into German

Es war einmal in Aotearoa, apparently!

I'm heading to the Weltkulturen Museum Residency in a couple of days, so I've been thinking a lot about Frankfurt. I'm  beginning to realise how extraordinary the German language is, and  find myself wishing I knew more of it (what little I do know is thanks to Emma at the Goethe Institut in Wellington, bitte!) This seems a good time to link to this post from the Frankfurt Bookfair 2012 - An Aotearoa Affair Blog, which includes an interview with translator, Anita Goetthans, and a German translation of my story, 'kaitiaki':

Full translation: click image or link above

Anita also translated another story of mine, 'the god-child' or 'Das göttliche Kind' for which we needed to discuss such things as how to translate the meaning of Te Kore. Translation is an under-appreciated artform! I have copies available for anyone interested in reading the German versions of these stories.

I'm also waiting for a contributor's copy of Ein anderes Land to arrive in the mailbox. It's the German version of the well known New Zealand short story anthology, Some Other Country, and features stories by Pip Adam, William Brandt, Eleanor Catton, Craig Cliff, Joy Cowley, Tim Corballis, Fiona Farrell, Maurice Gee, Keri Hulme, Witi Ihimaera, Owen Marshall, Kirsten McDougall, Vincent O' Sullivan, C.K. Stead, Anna Taylor, Alice Tawhai, Damien Wilkins and my own 'skin and bones'.

Next time I post something it may well be from Frankfurt. The prospect of writing completely new work in a completely new environment is pretty awesome. There will be some events at the Frankfurt Book Fair too (Scroll down to 9-13 Oct).

Auf Wiedersehen Neusseeland!