Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation
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Welcome to the Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal to promote literary translation, research, & reviews.
New blog post! What Does it Mean to Be a Linguistic Activist?
What Does it Mean to Be a Linguistic Activist?
This month we are publishing A Multilingual Approach to Educational Linguistics a brand new textbook by Laura Schall-Leckrone, Professor and Director of TESOL, World Languages, and Bilingual Educat…
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The art of literary translation exposes the limits of AI | The Conversation (06/25/26) | By Krupa Shandilya| Read the full article ➡️ https://bit.ly/4wt3eyR . . . #Literature #Poetry #Language #Art #Culture #Writing #Translation #LargeLanguageModels #Ai #Technology #Literary #Translator #Chatbot
The art of literary translation exposes the limits of AI
AI-powered translation tools are certainly impressive. But there is an important frontier for translation technology, one AI might never be able to breach: the poem.
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Applications are OPEN for BCLT's Advanced Korean Workshop 2026 facilitated by translator Sung Ryu and editor Hannah Chukwu. 📢 📅 Monday 12 October, Tuesday 13 October & Monday 30 November 2026 📍 Online ✍️ Apply by 30 August 2026 Find out more and apply: www.bclt.org.uk/advanced-tra...
For those of you in and around Cambridge, please do join us tomorrow for another event with the Cambridge Translation Studies Network! Karen Leeder (University of Oxford) will be discussing Rilke in translation.
Registration is still open for online attendance to the morning sessions! www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/49573/
I’ve always wanted to publish a manifesto of sorts, and this time it’s a scholarly one on the importance of producing, studying, and reading multiple translations. Now out with Translation Studies in open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A manifesto on multiple translation: bridging retranslation, world literature, and the ethics of comparative reading
Does translating more than once matter? This article seeks to answer this question by charting the emerging field of “multiple translation,” and exploring the methodological and ideological stakes ...
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✨ Still time to register ✨ Join us to celebrate Catalan Literature on Sant Jordi Day 🌹📖 We’re delighted to launch a series of exciting new and classic works in translation from the Catalan by Peter Bush: 📅 23 April 2026 🕓 4:00–5:30 PM (BST) 📍 Online Register: uatwww.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
We are thrilled to announce that Arifa Akbar will join Boyd Tonkin and Véronique Tadjo on the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2026 judging panel. Arifa is chief theatre critic at The Guardian and was previously the literary editor at The Independent. Submissions now open!
Submissions are closed! We received a great number of submissions - thank you all for a great response to the open call. We are very excited to read the pieces!
Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation@cjltjournal.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) is open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. See more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues
📣 Open for registration Translation networks in the decolonising world, 1950s–1970s 24-25 April King's College, CB2 1ST Join us in exploring how cultural, linguistic and political translation served as a bridge for ideas, theories, and strategies for anticolonial struggles https://bit.ly/47lMfV1
A reminder that submissions close next week, Friday 10th April! Submit translations and articles on the theme of COMMUNITY.
Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation@cjltjournal.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) is open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. See more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues
Translating Conflict and Refuge: Language, displacement, and the politics of representation Translators, interpreters, scholars, refugees, and NGO representatives will explore the complex realities of translating conflict and refuge 24 April 2026 West Hub, CB3 0US https://bit.ly/4bOBThO
There are still a few tickets left for the launch of Living Water tomorrow night! loom.ly/FSLQWrg
Cambridge University Library@theul.bsky.social · 5mo agoJoin us for the launch event of our new exhibition, Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers! 🛶 📅THURSDAY 19 MARCH 2026 🕖 7.30PM to 9PM 📍the UL 🎟️Book your free ticket: https://loom.ly/FSLQWrg Booking in advance is required. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
Are you a 3-12 grade educator interested in bringing poetry translation into your classroom? Register for our Poetry Inside Out Teacher Workshop 👩🏫 via Zoom on April 14 15, and 16, 3:30-5pm PST/6:30-8 pm EST. The live workshop sessions will also be recorded & shared with everyone who has registered.
Poetry Inside Out Teacher Workshop
These three 90-minute sessions (April 14, 15, 16) will give you tools and techniques that you can use right away to bring Poetry Inside Out into your practice!
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✨ Join Jen Calleja for the German workshop at this year’s BCLT Summer School ✨ All 10 chosen participants in the German workshop will receive a full tuition fee bursary, kindly supported by Pro Helvetia Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Submissions are open for 5 more weeks for the CJLT's inaugural issue!
Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation@cjltjournal.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) is open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. See more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues
leaving me to drift as nobody in a land named nothing ◒ A poem by Eka Kevanishvili, translated from the Georgian by Dalila Gogia ◒ circumferencemag.com/leaving-me-t...
leaving me to drift as nobody
A poem by Eka Kevanishvili, translated from the Georgian by Dalila Gogia
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Registration open - Check out our Cambridge Festival events! 💥 We have a record number of events for all ages and interests this year; from photography, art, film, performances, to an immersive ecological sci-arts experience 16 March-2 April 2026 Registration recommended 👇 https://bit.ly/46a7Fnp
Meet us at #AWP26! Find our staff at booth #1145 and get 20% off discount all our @twolinespress.com books! + Join our Indie Press Happy Hour at @redemmas.org with Two Lines Press, @dorothyproject.bsky.social, and @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social. Enjoy a drink (on us if you RSVP!) buff.ly/ksjjRNd
Join Sawad for the Arabic Workshop at this year's BCLT Summer School 📣 ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026 🌞 All 10 chosen participants in the Arabic workshop will receive a full tuition fee bursary, kindly supported by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award. www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Happening this Wednesday 25th Feb at the MML faculty in Cambridge!
We’re delighted to share that Dr. Mrinmoy Pramanick, BCLT's Charles Wallace India Trust Translation Fellow 2025, has been awarded the prestigious A.K. Ramanujan Prize for Translation (2026) alongside Professor Sipra Mukherjee of West Bengal State University. www.asianstudies.org/aas-2026-pri...
Join us for two more events at the Cambridge Translation Studies Network! Next Wednesday 25th Feb: John Guthrie on 'Translating German Poetry: the Rilke translations of J. B. Leishman' www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/research/cam...
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Cambridge Translation Studies Network (CTSN)
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📣 Join Michele Hutchison for the Multilingual Prose Fiction Workshop at BCLT Summer School 2026 📣 ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026 🌞 Find out more & download an example programme on our website: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
“Translation requires a lot of specialized knowledge, from jargon and slang to literary history. But that shouldn’t stop anyone from trying their hand at it for the pure pleasure of solving a puzzle and playing with form” — Bela Shayevich writes in her new @nplusonemag.com column:
Introducing Miss Translation | Bela Shayevich
You may have noticed that this column feels a little incestuous (there is that Saskia Vogel again . . .) but that’s our world in translation. It’s small, and its actors, often by necessity, are…
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Join award-winning translator Adriana Hunter for the French (Advanced) Workshop at BCLT Summer School 2026 🌞 This year's Summer Summer School will take place ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026 🌞 Find out more, apply and download an example programme: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Join Antonia Lloyd-Jones for the Polish Workshop at BCLT Summer School 2026 📣 ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026 🌞 3 participants in the Polish workshop will receive a full tuition fee bursary, kindly supported by The Polish Cultural Institute Apply: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) is open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. See more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues
Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation
cjltjournal.wixsite.com
✨ Are you an experienced literary translator looking to develop your skills as a workshop leader? ✨ Join our Training the Trainer strand at BCLT Summer School 2026, led by Daniel Hahn. Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
