The deadline for applications to the next round of British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT) “emerging translator” mentorships is Nov. 11. Ruth Ahmedzai, who took part in the last session, answered a few questions so you’d know what you’re in for before you apply.
Geert Jan van Gelder has translated classical Arabic poetry and prose into Dutch and into English. Among these are the two volumes he’s translated and edited for the Library of Arabic Literature: A Library of Arabic Literature Anthology and the Epistle of Forgiveness Volume One: A Vision of Heaven and Hell, which he worked on with Gregor Schoeler. In an interview that first appeared on the Library of Arabic Literature blog, Van Gelder talked about a range of poetical & translational issues, including why his admiration for — and irritation with — al-Ma‘arri have deepened.
One of the Syrian novelist Haidar Haidar’s most important works — and certainly his most controversial — A Banquet for Seaweed — is nearing the end of a long translational journey with scholar-translator Allen Hibbard and poet-translator-publisher Osama Esber.
Last week, Mohga Hassib attended one of AUC’s Center for Translation Studies lectures. Dr. Tahia Abdel Nasser talked about “Translations of Nasser: Between the Pulic and the Private.”
In the next several months, Egyptian-American artist and writer Amira Hanafi will travel throughout Egypt, interviewing a diverse range of people for a book to be called “Dictionary of the […]
I, like most of you, was appalled and slightly titillated when the Randolph County Board of Education removed Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man not just from its 11th grade recommended reading list, but also from its school libraries, with one board member claiming not to have seen any “literary value” in the book.
People often speak of translators, and translated literature, as the stuff of “bridges” between cultures.
On Wednesday, English PEN posted about a new opportunity from the Stephen Spender Trust and Free Word, which is offering a “training programme for translators who are keen to gain experience of working in a school environment, sharing translation skills with young people.”
September 30 is “International Translation Day,” with this year’s theme as Beyond Linguistic Barriers – A United World, proposed by the Congolese branch of the International Federation of Translators. For the fourth year, London will host an ITD symposium.
