Panel: Translation, 5/13/1985 by PEN America published on 2016-12-20T06:18:54Z A panel of some of the most significant publishers, agents, and translators of mid-20th century publishing—including James Laughlin, publisher of New Directions, and Gregory Rabassa, translator of "One Hundred Years of Solitude"—discuss their earliest forays into translation. This is the first of three evenings about literary translation, and gives a historical view of the field. Other panelists include Peter Glassgold, Jonathan Galassi, Georges Borchardt, and Richard Seaver.