This event is part of the 2021 Hong Kong International Literary Festival and brings together writers and translators of speculative fiction from Taiwan, South Korea, and Kuwait.
Emma Ramadan will discuss her relationship to translation and how translating texts that exist outside the domain of classical French—particularly experimental literature and works from North Africa and the Arab World—has opened up space for new language and new meanings, and in turn allowed for the discovery of a personal haven in the in-between.
The Griffin Poetry Prize is excited to launch their new series Translation Talks, with the first session taking place on Thursday, January 27th at 7pm ET on Zoom, featuring Khaled Mattawa in conversation with Sarah Riggs.
The School of Modern Languages and Cultures (University of Warwick) is organizing a Roundtable on Literary Translation featuring Alexandra Büchler, Will Forrester, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, Ayça Türkoglu, and Sawad Hussain.
The idea of translating a 'multilingual' text begs the question, what is the definition of a 'monolingual' text? During this panel, the three excellent speakers discuss their experiences of language, multilingualism and translating multilingualism, with reference to examples from their own work. This event is part of the BCLT Summer School panels.
Over the last two decades, the term less translated languages has emerged to describe languages that are less often the source of translation in the international exchange of linguistic goods, regardless of the number of people using these languages. These languages have been translated to a much lesser extent, particularly into English. The AALITRA Review […]
Literary translator Nariman Youssef will chair a discussion with fellow professional translators Alice Guthrie, Anton Hur and Ruth Martin, to openly and honestly discuss the realities of sustaining a career […]
ALTA is excited to present Write the World: A Day of Translation! Connect with translators and translation enthusiasts from across the globe. Get ready for this day of virtual panels on topics related to literary translation on May 23, 2023! Panels include "The Power of Literary Awards to Expand Readership", "Partnering for Success: Translators & […]
