{"id":31487,"date":"2016-02-21T16:51:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T03:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=31487"},"modified":"2016-02-21T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T03:51:09","slug":"the-heir-of-nights-translator-drops-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/the-heir-of-nights-translator-drops-in\/","title":{"rendered":"The Heir of Night&#8217;s Translator Drops In&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/the-heir-of-nights-translator-drops-in\/kind-van-de-nacht\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31488\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-31488\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Kind-van-de-Nacht.jpg\" alt=\"Kind van de Nacht\" width=\"123\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Kind-van-de-Nacht.jpg 170w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Kind-van-de-Nacht-90x150.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/a>Over the past few days, I&#8217;ve been delighted to host Marion Drolsbach, who translated <em>The Heir of Night<\/em> into Dutch as <strong><em>Kind van der Nacht<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You may recall that she posted a wonderful two-part feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/06\/06\/to-hell-and-back-translating-dan-browns-inferno-by-dutch-translator-marion-drolsbach\/\" target=\"_blank\">To Hell and Back<\/a>, in 2013, all about translating Dan Brown&#8217;s <strong><em>Inferno<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Marion is currently traveling in NZ, together with her husband, and it has been fun meeting her in person and sharing a few of our local sights, including the wonderful Giant&#8217;s House garden in Akaroa.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31489\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/the-heir-of-nights-translator-drops-in\/akaroa-010a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31489\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31489\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31489\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-010a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Marion &amp; her husband, Malcolm, in the Giant's House garden\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-010a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-010a-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-010a.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marion &amp; her husband, Malcolm, in the Giant&#8217;s House garden<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is one of the very nice things about the writing life: meeting wonderful people from all over the world who share my love of books, writing and storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few more pics of the wonderful Giant&#8217;s House garden:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/the-heir-of-nights-translator-drops-in\/akaroa-015a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31490 \" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-015a-1024x833.jpg\" alt=\"Akaroa 015a\" width=\"586\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-015a-1024x833.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-015a-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-015a-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-015a.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/the-heir-of-nights-translator-drops-in\/akaroa-009a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31491\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31491 \" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-009a-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"Akaroa 009a\" width=\"588\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-009a-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-009a-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-009a-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Akaroa-009a.jpg 1172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And in case you haven&#8217;t gathered already, it&#8217;s currently very sunny indeed here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few days, I&#8217;ve been delighted to host Marion Drolsbach, who translated The Heir of Night into Dutch as Kind van der Nacht. You may recall that she posted a wonderful two-part feature, To Hell and Back, in 2013, all about translating Dan Brown&#8217;s Inferno. 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