A couple of essays on translation:

Paul Reitter at The Hedgehog Review, on translating Kafka

On the difficulty of translating subtleties of grammar that don’t have direct equivalents in English, and the different priorities shown in different versions of “The Metamorphosis.”

Michael Marcus on Medium, on different translations of Borges

Spoiler: they’re all good. But all different.

Sean Guynes on the Gormenghast Trilogy

At his site, as part of a series on the Ballantine Adult Fantasy line of the early 1970s, Sean Guynes has posted detailed, thoughtful analysis of Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone.

Reverse Shot’s A Few Great Pumpkins

Every Halloween week the site Reverse Shot runs a mini-advent-calendar of horror movie reviews; the link above is to an archive going back to 2006.