"It’s about questioning the processes of translation—the binaries, the structures we were placed into and continue to reproduce." Read "Why Keep the Literary Experience Within Your Comfort Zone? A Conversation with Lúcia Collischonn." with @lucycolli.bsky.social

Latest in the deluge of bad news for higher ed, Charles University in Prague has announced it is closing down its prestigious MA in translation studies Czech Colleagues are organizing a petition (link below), with helpful English explanations on how to fill it in: translatologie.cz/english

In Support of Saving the Institute of Translation Studies, Charles University

An open letter and petition in support of saving the Institute of Translation Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University.

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The 花 character (hua, flower) showing up in a WIP, filling my screen, right in front of the carnations given to me yesterday… has to be auspicious, doesn’t it?

Irish translator and scholar @ellenfcorbett.bsky.social explores how some Irish writers have resisted or deferred the translation of their work into English — given the minoritisation of the Irish language and its 'definitely endangered' status. Read the full essay here:

Against English: The Irish Poets Who Have Refused Translation

Irish translator and scholar Ellen Corbett explores how some Irish writers have resisted or deferred the translation of their work into English — given the…

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A new favourite word from Chinese class with Amanda today: 磨合 (móhé): to break in, wear in or, if you are two people, to rub/grind/polish/wear (磨) + join/fit together/whole (合) = to learn to get along, to wear against each other until you become a together

Many thanks to the Feminist Translation Network for a stupendous event!

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"The Public Shows Up for Feminist Literary Translation!" - read @audreyeileenkelly.bsky.social's report of our #BhamLitFest2025 event with Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/10/the-...

I got to meet Nicky Harman!!! If you'd told me two years ago that I would have spoken about my research in front of one of my translation heroes, I would have SCOFFED. And yet, strange things happen in this world. Many thanks to the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's for hosting Translation Day!

This week: can experience be knowledge? can emotions? can I please just know SOMEthing?!? xiaokeai.substack.com/p/how-do-you...

how DO you know what you know, you know?

One of the most disheartening experiences of doing my dissertation for my MA came after I had written a section on marriage in China.

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Another week, another attempt to write some nice-sounding blather - this week, about my reactions to learning about ethics of care and the strange connections it led me to (which I will not include in my thesis) xiaokeai.substack.com/p/caring-abo...

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Thirty-two years ago Carol Gilligan wrote a “Letter to Readers” which prefaced the new edition of her book In a Different Voice.

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I can't believe my luck - two women I look up to, in the same room, teaching things that I want to learn! Very much looking forward to this, thanks to @writingchinese.bsky.social for organizing! writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/events/writi...