ABCs of Book Translation: Legal and logistical issues in book translation
online via Zoom Seattle, WAThis 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, WAHelp 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 StatesJoin 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.
Translation as Archipelagic Thinking—Panel Discussion with Kristine Ong Muslim and Shelley Fairweather-Vega
online via Zoom Seattle, WAI'll discuss Amanat in this Zoom conversation moderated by Alta L. Price, part of the 5th Singapore Literature Festival.
American Translators Association 63rd Annual Conference
Los Angeles, CAJoin me at the After Hours Café, Book Fair, and my presentation "Translating for Authors: Risks and Rewards."
ALTA45 Bilingual Reading Series: Translation and Politics
online via Zoom Seattle, WAI'll read Russian and English versions of the poetry of Rena Zhuman at this online event.
NOTIS International Translation Day Conference
Museum of Flight Tukwila, WA, United StatesJoin 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.
ATA64: American Translators Association annual conference
Hyatt Regency Miami, FL, United StatesAt ATA, I'll be leading a multilingual translation workshop and enjoying the After Hours Café.
ALTA46: The Place of Translation
Tucson Marriott University Park Tucson, AZ, United StatesMeet 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 ...
Translation as Engaged and Activist Scholarship in Slavic and Eastern European Studies
I will be discussing the specifics of Central Asian literary translation as part of this MLA panel.