Shelley Fairweather-Vega

ABCs of Book Translation: Legal and logistical issues in book translation
2022-02-03 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | online via Zoom, Seattle, WA
This is Part 2 of a two-session interactive webinar on the basic notions, terms and guidelines used in the field of translating texts for publishing. This introduction to concepts and their context may guide you on your own search for breaking into literary translation and give you a better grasp of the kind of projects and work that literary and book translators do. Two seasoned translators in the field, Shelley Fairweather-Vega and Mercedes Guhl, will bring up notions and definitions while they discuss topics such as finding texts to translate, dealing with clients in book translation, and logistical issues such as rights and contracts. Today’s session will address:

Author’s and translator’s rights
Reading and negotiating book translation contracts
The translator’s role in the publishing industry

This event is open to ATA Literary Division members only.

ABCs of Book Translation: Getting Into Book Translation
2022-01-22 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | online via Zoom, Seattle, WA
This is Part 1 of a two-session interactive webinar on the basic notions, terms and guidelines used in the field of translating texts for publishing. This introduction to concepts and their context may guide you on your own search for breaking into literary translation and give you a better grasp of the kind of projects and work that literary and book translators do. Two seasoned translators in the field, Shelley Fairweather-Vega and Mercedes Guhl, will bring up notions and definitions while they discuss topics such as finding texts to translate, dealing with clients in book translation, and logistical issues such as rights and contracts. Today’s session will address:

Finding material to translate
How/where to get published: from self-publishing to literary journals
Getting hired as a book translator: Who are the clients in literary translation?

This event is open to ATA Literary Division members only.

ALTA44 Bilingual Reading
2021-10-17 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | online via Zoom, Seattle, WA
Get online to hear me read from my translation of Shahzoda Samarqandi’s haunting novella, Mothersland.

ALTA Roundtable: "What are national literatures?"
2021-10-16 10:25 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | AZ
I’ll be taking part in this discussion, organized by Jennifer Shyue, Emma Ramadan, and Candice
Whitney, exploring the issue of what we mean by “national literatures.” My goal is to bring writing from Central Asia into the conversation.

Ask the Literary Translators
2021-10-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | online via Zoom, Seattle, WA
I’ll be speaking with Mia Spangenberg and Cynthia Steele at this online lunchtime panel aimed at authors and aspiring translators.

High Tech for High Art
2021-10-05 | AZ
Spanish translator Mercedes Guhl and I will be talking about the software we use in our literary translation practices. Does technology kill the muse? Join us to find out! This talk is part of the Innovation in Translation Summit. It has been pre-recorded and will be available on demand for 24 hours starting at 🕘 9 AM CET (Geneva) / 3 PM Beijing / 3 AM New York on October 5

Russian Translation Master Class
2021-09-25 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | online via Zoom, Seattle, WA
I’m excited to welcome my colleagues Olga Bukhina and Anne O. Fisher to teach this master class in RU<> translation through the Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society. Registration required.

Book talk with author and translator: Hamid Ismailov's Gaia, Queen of Ants
2021-04-03 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | online via Zoom, Seattle, WA

ATA 61st Annual Conference
2020-10-23 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | AZ
My online presentation “Getting Edited and Getting Ahead in Literary Translation” will be part of the ATA conference this year, featuring real-life examples from the process of having a translation edited for publication.

ALTA 43rd Annual Conference
2020-10-07 08:00 - 2020-10-18 17:00 UTC | AZ
Join me at the Northwest Literary Translators happy hour (October 14, 8pm EST) and the panel on computer assisted translation tools (October 17, 5pm EST)! Full conference schedule

Getting Edited: A Love Affair
2020-09-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | AZ
I’ll speak on the emotional and practical ups and downs of the translator-editor relationship. Register for the online OSTI conference to attend.

Of Strangers and Bees
2020-08-20 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | AZ
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum kicks off its new Meet the Translator series with an online talk by me about translating this Hamid Ismailov novel. Join us live or watch the recording later.

5 Things Translators Wish Editors Knew About Translation
2020-07-13 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Seattle, WA

OSTI Translation Reading
2020-06-17 19:00 - 20:30 (Atlantic/Azores) | AZ
I’ll read from my translations of prose and poetry by Kazakhstani women at this event, hosted on Zoom by the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters.

Roundtable: Live and Labors of Professional Translators
2020-01-17 | University of Washington
