Thank you to Hopscotch Translation and Samuel Martin in particular for the opportunity to contribute. Please read these insightful takes on AI and literary translation. #literarytranslation

decided to have some thoughts on AI! honoured to be in the company of such incredible translators. I wrote a little about language learning as electricity and intimacy, AI and the environment, and more ⚡️

On this last Tuesday of September, don't miss Jeffrey Zuckerman and Alex V in conversation about Ann Leckie's TRANSLATION STATE, published by Orbit Books! hopscotchtranslation.com/2023/09/25/lec…

Fun conversation this morning with Daniel Levin Becker and Chad W. Post, where we talked about Queneau, Pierrot, Sally Mara, Barbara Wright, and Daniel's special sandwiches.

It's official: this year's National Centre for Writing emerging literary translation cohort has been announced. If you missed the announcement at English PEN 's #InternationalTranslationDay you can still f ind out more about our 9 fantastic mentees at the link below. Happy #ITD2023 #xl8

Recommending works in translation to my local library is my favorite! #InternationalTranslationDay #ITD2023 wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2…

OK, translators. We want to know how many of you had your books scraped to train AI to get a sense of how widely our work is being used in this way. Letter from me and Julia Sanches below. bit.ly/TranslationsOn…

My conversation with Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud, whose working I've been translating for several years.

Writers! Publishers! Translators! Editors! Agents! Please read & consider signing this letter in support of Adania Shibli, whose award ceremony was canceled by the Frankfurt Book Fair for the affront of being a Palestinian writer

Dear friends, if any of you have taught one of my translations, stories, or virtual panels in the past, would you please send me your syllabus? It would be of immense help to my immigration case

For what little it may be worth in times as horrifying as these, I serve as translations editor for the lit mag Four Way Review. I would be humbled to able to make space to share Palestinian voices and stories. If you’re a translator (or know some) in this sphere, feel free to DM

"Not Just Passing." A poem by Hiba Abu Nada (who died in October in her home, under Israeli bombardment) newly translated by Huda Fakhreddine: arablit.org/2023/11/27/not…

Came across Dr. Refaat Alareer's poem "If I must die" just a few days ago, I cried and couldn't help but translated it to Chinese without his permission. Now that he's gone.