Editing the translation

[Juri Nummelin]

Again, sorry for the absence. I've been swamped with work for two months and haven't really had the time to do any side stuff.

I'm editing the Finnish translation (my own) of Duane Swierczynski's The Wheelman. The translation will be out in October and will start a new paperback line I'll be editing - handpicking the best of the new hardboiled and noir. Al Guthrie's Kiss Her Goodbye will be the next novel in the series. Arrangements have been made for another three novels.

The books will have illustrated covers, like Hard Case Crime. I'll be posting the illos in the photos section. The art is done by a young Finnish guy called Ossi Hiekkala, who really knows what he's doing.

[John Weagly]

I hope this is a HUGE success!

[JackBludis]

Juri--
Congrats on the new venture. I'm sure you'll make it a success.
Jack

[Juri Nummelin]

Thanks, Bernd, I'd read about those. Allan said to me that German is also a tough market for the hardboiled stuff, but apparently it's begun to interest more. (The same thing could be said happening here in Finland as well - some of our more traditional crime writers have been getting tougher.)

[Bernd Kochanowski]

Juri,

a German publisher started with translations of three Hard Case Crime books (Flop by Bruen/Starr, Grifter's Game by Lawrence Block, and Kiss Her Goodbye). I don't know how many books they sell (I hope enough) but especially Guthrie's book get a lot of positive reviews and is on the monthly "Bestenliste", so I think your selection is a good one ... and the cover-picture is brilliant.

[Juri Nummelin]

He must've learned it living out of the country. ;)

[John McFetridge]

Juri, I've seen Saku Koivu in front of the net trying to score - you Fins say all kinds of rude things ;)

[Juri Nummelin]

Kevin, we Finns don't speak that kind of rude language. If we did, it would be something like "Jumalauta, antakaa palaa, loppuun saakka!"

[Kevin Burton Smith]

What's Finnish for "Get out there and kick ass!"?

[John McFetridge]

The Wheelman is a great one to start with and Kiss her Goodbye also terrific.

Good luck with the line, you're off to a great start.

[Juri Nummelin]

Thanks, everyone! It is my brainchild, all right, so I deserve every pat on my back for this! ;) It's just that at the moment I can't fathom what "In for over six hundred thousand, out for a pennypack" should be in Finnish. Is it a rhyme or something?