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ABCs of Book Translation: Legal and logistical issues in book translation

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 ...

Amanat online book launch

online via Zoom Seattle, WA

Help us celebrate the launch of Amanat: Women's Writing from Kazakhstan! Featuring Zaure Batayeva and Shelley Fairweather-Vega, editors and translators Oral Arukenova, Lilya Kalaus, and Asel Omar, contributing authors Dr. Naomi Caffee, moderator

Crisis & Change: How Our Professions Have Been Affected by Pandemic and War

Highline College Des Moines, WA, United States

Join us at Highline College for an all-day event celebrating International Translation Day. This panel discussion moderated by Shelley Fairweather-Vega, with Howard Chou, Laura McGilvra, Elizabeth Adams, Caitilin Walsh, & Dominique Hoffman, begins at 1:00 PM.

NOTIS International Translation Day Conference

Museum of Flight Tukwila, WA, United States

Join NOTIS for a full day of events celebrating the fields of translation and interpreting! I'll be moderating a panel for the Northwest Literary Translators, exploring the publication stories behind individual translated books, and will be selling copies of my recent translations alongside local colleagues.

ALTA46: The Place of Translation

Tucson Marriott University Park Tucson, AZ, United States

Meet me at the American Literary Translators Association conference, where I'll be reading from my translation of Castigation by Sultan Rayev; discussing the differences between scholarly and literary translation; exploring how war and violence affects translation practices; joining a roundtable on the joys and challenges of translating "more different" languages; and talking about the Central ...