translator

The translator Ros Schwartz likens it to translating a text from one language to another: the goal isn’t literal accuracy, it’s to “distill the spirit” of the original.

In Cortázar’s story, the protagonist is named Michel, and he’s an amateur photographer and translator in Paris, a lot like Cortázar himself.

But Sanjay Sah had enough strength to speak, telling an army rescuer: SANJAY SAH, Rescue Worker (through translator): I was working as an operator in the control room.