JULITA HANKEWRITER & STORYTELLER

THE TRANSLATION PROBLEM · JULITA HANKE

You found the music.

Some chapters have another way of speaking.

Listen alongside the novel, afterwards, or simply because a song brought you here.

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Music by Eight-Oh-Six · Theme song + chapters 1–13

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THE TRANSLATION PROBLEMALBUM 1 / CHAPTERS 1—13

ALBUM 1 / THEME SONG

The Translation Problem

Album 1 is available on Spotify. Albums 2–4 are coming soon.

ALBUM 1 AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY

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Character artwork: Nina beside a grand piano in a softly lit jazz club

A NOVEL BY JULITA HANKE

The Translation
Problem

Some people change your life by staying.
Others by leaving.

Find the music Stay a little longer

THE STORY CONTINUES BETWEEN THE NOTES.

Character artwork: Nina walking through the city at night
NINA’S WORLD / A FICTIONAL CHARACTER

02 / MEET NINA

She could read
between every line.

Even the ones that weren’t there.

Nina notices the pause before a reply. The change in tone. The song that must surely mean something. She can turn a silence into twelve possible explanations before breakfast.

Then she meets Marcos. And understanding someone else becomes a full-time occupation.

Until she begins to wonder about herself.

A SMALL COMPLICATION

Her friends have opinions.
Nina has theories.
Carlos has data.

Endlessly patient. Occasionally infuriating.
Always there for one more impossible conversation.

You’ll meet him in the book.

03 / BEHIND THE STORY

What if the love story
led back to you?

Funny, intimate and psychologically sharp, The Translation Problem follows a woman trying to make sense of tenderness, distance, and all the things that go unsaid.

It is a story about the explanations we invent, the hope we keep, and what happens when someone who understands everyone else finally becomes curious about herself.

Publication news
The manuscript is complete, and the print edition is undergoing final production checks. Publication details will be shared here when confirmed.

Julita Hanke

Julita writes contemporary fiction about love, longing and the strange things people do while trying to understand one another. The Translation Problem is her debut novel.

The Translation Problem by Julita Hanke — final book cover
THE TRANSLATION PROBLEM
A novel by Julita Hanke

LETTERS FROM JULITA

Stay a little longer.

Occasional notes about the book, its music and the making of whatever comes next, with publication news and occasional offers.

Signups aren’t open yet. In the meantime, the music is here whenever you want to return.

You had the match.
I kept the fire.