Betty choice

Betty Wahl (born March 31, 1965 in Wiesbaden ) is a German Scandinavian and literary translator .

Life

Betty election completed a study of Scandinavian Studies , English Studies and German Studies at the universities in Freiburg , Glasgow , Reykjavik and Frankfurt , which she in 1997 with the master's degree completed. This was followed by postgraduate studies on book and media practice in Frankfurt am Main . After stays in Dublin , Glasgow and Reykjavík , she held teaching positions at the University of Frankfurt and at the Nordkolleg Rendsburg and worked from 1999 to 2001 as a member of the "Edda Commentary" project of the German Research Foundation . In 2007 she did her doctorate at the University of Frankfurt with a thesis on the language policy of Iceland . Wahl teaches Icelandic at the University of Frankfurt.

In addition to teaching, Betty Wahl translates fiction from Icelandic , English , Norwegian and Danish into German .

Wahl is a member of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ. She lives in Reykjavík and Frankfurt am Main.

Works

• Icelandic , Heidelberg 2008

Translations

• Anna Kristín Ásbjörnsdóttir : Icelandic Elven Tales , Reykjavík 2008
• Dís Sigurðardóttir : Men are like fish in the sea , Bergisch Gladbach 2003 (translated together with Coletta Bürling )
• Gyrðir Elíasson : Am Sandfluss , Zurich 2011
• Marte Huke : Delta , Berlin 2019 (translated together with Uwe Englert)
• Indriði G. Þorsteinsson : Taxi 79 from the station , Berlin 2011
• Jón Gnarr : Listen carefully and repeat !!! Stuttgart 2014
• Jón Hallur Stefánsson : Eiskalte Stille , Berlin 2007
• Jón Hallur Stefánsson: Brandstifter , Berlin 2009
• James Joyce : Dublin stories , Munich 1992 (translated with Harald Raykowski)
• Óskar Árni Óskarsson : The glitter of the herring scale in the forelock , Berlin 2011
• Pétur Gunnarsson : Reykjavík , Berlin 2011
• Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson : Iceland - down to earth , Reykjavík 2013
• Sjón : Shadow Fox , Frankfurt am Main 2007
• Sjón: The glistening night , Frankfurt am Main 2011
• Sjón: The boy who didn't exist , Frankfurt am Main 2015
• Sjón: Movable Mountains , Berlin 2018 (translated together with Tina Flecken )
• Þórdís Björnsdóttir : Sleep Sonata , Allschwil 2011
• Virginia Woolf : Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street and other stories , Munich 1993 (translated with Harald Raykowski)

Web links

• Choice in the translator database of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works, VdÜ, 2019
• Betty Wahl on the website of the University of Frankfurt am Main
• Interview with Betty Wahl