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Dr. Patrick Baker is a translator, subtitler, and language consultant.

Learn more about Patrick on his website. Perhaps peruse his robust academic CV. 

Per our conversation, Patrick invites you to explore:

• J.S. Bach's Art of the Fugue. 
• The compelling art of his brilliant wife, Katrin Grote-Baker. 
• The translation work of his distinguished neighbors, Heather Kimber and Nathan Fritz. 
• William Weaver, who is Patrick's North Star for translation. If you're reading Humberto Eco in English, you're also reading Weaver. 
• Hobbes' translation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. 
• Der Morgen der Welt: Geschichte der Renaissance by Bernd Roeck. Or, maybe better yet, wait for the forthcoming English translation!
• All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski, who died on the same day and at the same hospital where Patrick's daughter was born. One day Patrick might translate this. 

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Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening!