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Translation scholarships available at Bristol Translates!
Six full translation scholarships are available for refugees and low-income translators interested in taking part in Bristol Translates.
Bristol Translates: Apply Now!
Bristol Translates is a literary translation summer school with small workshops in eleven languages. Apply now for the 2021 summer school!
Colson Whitehead in translation
Yanko Tsvetkov and Colson Whitehead in translation — the new Krachkultur is out, with essays, short stories and poems about music.
Translation fails are fun but rare
We all enjoy a good laugh when we spot translation fails — one or the other hilarious mistranslation. But they are the exception. Here’s why.
Translation has an image problem
Translation has an image problem. Google image search results for “translation” don’t show what multilinguists can actually do for you.
4 Translation Challenges in Multilingual Research
Multilingual research projects come with their own challenges, involving power, logistics, and knowledge. Four challenges you should know.
“What is the role of humans?”, asks TEF2016
Translating Europe Forum 2016 (TEF2016) explores what’s in store for translation in a communication-oriented world. Not all are happy.
Translating contemporary German poetry: Matthias Politycki
Translating contemporary German poetry into English – and into one’s second language – can be a daunting task, but it’s also a lot of fun!
Translatability
Poetry is translatable. Poetry is what survives in translation. Translatability makes us part of a tradition that transcends the nation.