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August 2024 Translation News Roundup
Aug 27, 2024 |
By Giovanna Lomanto
Our monthly roundup of translation and publishing news, plus updates in literature and arts education you may have missed!
Prizes
- The Sharjah Book Authority announces its final call to apply for the 8th Sharjah Translation Award ‘Turjuman’—celebrating translations of Arabic literature(opens in a new tab)—before August 31.
- Translator Jon Cho-Polizzi won this year’s Helen & Kurt Wolff Translators’ Prize(opens in a new tab), which celebrates an outstanding work of German to English translation.
- The German Literature Fund awards translator Thomas Weiler(opens in a new tab) the Paul Celan Prize 2024 for his entire body of work. Congratulations!
- Words Without Borders won CLMP’s 2024 Firecracker Award(opens in a new tab) for their amazing work uplifting translation.
News
- LangueFlow has released a call for papers on the topic of script-switching(opens in a new tab) in literary translation.
- Our friends at Words Without Borders recently appointed a new Executive Director, Elisabeth Jaquette—and Porter Anderson has written a profile (opens in a new tab)about her work in translation.
- Birmingham, you’re in for a treat! Marilyn Booth & Nariman Youssef are going to be talking about Arabic translation as a feminist act at the Feminist Translation Slam this October(opens in a new tab).
- Applications for the LARB + Yefe Nof Translation Residency are open(opens in a new tab) from now until September 21 at 11:59 p.m. PST.
Recommended Reads
- LitHub recently published a reading list for Cambodian literature in translation(opens in a new tab) and an immersive trip through the diasporic experience.
- The New York Times recently spotlighted Russian translation couple(opens in a new tab) Larissa Volokhonsky & Richard Pavear, citing the pair as staples in the industry.
- Emma Golden wrote on translating translations—how literary translation can come to life on the ballet stage.(opens in a new tab)
Author
Giovanna Lomanto
Giovanna Lomanto is a poet and essayist with a tendency to play the same song on repeat until she has memorized every last note. She received her BA in English at U.C. Berkeley and finished her MFA at NYU, during which time she published two poetry collections and two mixed media chapbooks.
