I’m on the way home from Gdańsk, from the choral festival which my choir achieved silver in the equal-voice category yesterday – we are thrilled. For the competition we had to sing two songs in our own language and two…
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Come into the story
Tagged with: Finland, Finnish, international, music, Pentti Linkola, Poetry, Sirkka Turkka, Translation, Tule kanssani satuun
Posted in international, music, poetry, translation
Posted in international, music, poetry, translation
Gendered gloss
At the end of women in translation month, where are all the women in the translator’s toolbox? Glossarissimo collates glossaries and resources on EVERYTHING from watermark terminology to a dictionary of Victorian slang. It really is useful and comprehensive. When you’re…
Tagged with: British Library, Glossarissimo, international, Terminology, Translation, Women in Translation Month, words
Posted in international, language
Posted in international, language
Books for everyone
We need diverse books has one of the best summer reading campaigns around. Every day they’ll offer you and the children and young people you know a new perspective on a favourite story to expand your world. The campaign links to sources…
Tagged with: Children's Books, Erich Kästner, German, international, Language, Letterbox Press, Lucie Arnoux, Mantra Lingua, Polish, Pushkin Children's Books, Translation, We Need Diverse Books, Young Adult
Posted in books, international
Posted in books, international
Narrative Witness: stories from Caracas to Sarajevo
The University of Iowa’s International Writers Program brought writers and photographers from Caracas and Sarajevo to tell stories together online last summer. The results of their collaboration, with translations into English, are now online. The photographers open up a window…
Tagged with: Caracas, Efrén Hernández-Arias, Fedosy Santaella, international, IWP, Sarajevo, Selma Kulović, transation, Vanja Cerimagić
Posted in international, translation
Posted in international, translation
Victoria Lomasko: Slaves of Moscow
Published in English this month, Slaves of Moscow tells the story of twelve Kazakhstani women enslaved in a Moscow grocery store. The Kazakhstani couple who owned the shop forced them to work 20 hours a day. Some even gave birth…
Tagged with: graphic art, international, Pussy Riot, reportage, Russian, Slaves of Moscow, Thomas Campbell, Translation, Victoria Lomasko, Words without Borders
Posted in Illustration, international, literature, translation
Posted in Illustration, international, literature, translation
moral language?
If you speak a language well enough to get along, but not really well, it’s an effort. You need time to think and process and a lot of energy can go into making sure you get the grammar right. As…
Tagged with: Albert Costa, English, French, international, Korean, language learning, moral language, Spanish, Translation
Posted in international, language, translation
Posted in international, language, translation
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