👤📚 Meet the Translator | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Flavia Kaba

🎓 Position: Lecturer, Faculty of Foreign Languages – University of Tirana

🌐 Specialization: Literary translation, technical translation, legal translation, interpreting, linguistic studies

💼 Experience:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Flavia Kaba has more than 15 years of experience in literary translation, collaborating closely with publishing houses and cultural projects. Her work includes translating renowned contemporary Hispanic and international authors, bringing significant works of modern literature to Albanian readers.

✨ Contribution:
Translator of works by authors such as Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Julia Navarro, Silvina Ocampo, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Agustina Bazterrica, and Alejandro Zambra. Through her translations, she has contributed to the enrichment of Albanian literature in translation while introducing readers to contemporary Hispanic writing.

📚 Translated works:
🔹 Carlos Ruiz Zafón – I burgosuri i qiellit (DITURIA, 2012)
🔹 Carlos Ruiz Zafón – Trilogjia e mjegullës (Princi i mjegullës, Pallati i mesnatës, Dritat e shtatorit) (DITURIA, 2014)
🔹 Julia Navarro – Qëllo, tashmë jam i vdekur (DITURIA, 2017)
🔹 Carlos Ruiz Zafón – Labirinti i shpirtrave (DITURIA, 2019)
🔹 Carlos Ruiz Zafón – Qyteti i avullit (DITURIA, 2021)
🔹 Silvina Ocampo – Premtimi (DITURIA, 2022)
🔹 Tomás Eloy Martínez – Purgatori (DITURIA, 2023)
🔹 Përralla Andersen (Bota Shqiptare, 2023)
🔹 Përralla Vëllezërit Grim (Bota Shqiptare, 2023)
🔹 Julia Navarro – Asgjëkundi (DITURIA, 2023)
🔹 365 përrallëza me kafshë (Bota Shqiptare, 2025)
🔹 Agustina Bazterrica – Mishi është i butë (Aleph, 2024)
🔹 Alejandro Zambra – Letërsi për fëmijë (Aleph, forthcoming)

🏆 Awards & Recognition:
Recipient of the “Best Translation” Award at the Tirana Book Fair (2021).

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“Among languages, I have found my dwelling: where another’s word asks for the quiet grace of interpretation, the discipline of method, and a steadfast loyalty to meaning—because the word is never mine; and the love of translation is born precisely at the moment responsibility for meaning begins.”

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