Widening the Horizon – Scotland’s translators for the stage 27 Aug, Edinburgh. £2.50–£5 Panel event chaired by Joyce McMillan, & featuring writer-translators Jo Clifford, Liz Lochhead, Alan McKendrick, Katherine Mendelsohn & Mariem Omari #drama #translation www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/widening-t...

Widening the Horizon - Scotland's translators for the stage

Scotland's rich legacy of stage translations discussed by leading playwrights and translators

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“Education is for the student to come to feel like the master of her own thinking” Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Freire, 1978 A timely reminder from @abeba.blacksky.app at #edtech26

Are you researching non-professional translation or translation as a post-occupational practice? We want to hear from YOU! Consider submitting to a special issue of Translation Studies to be edited by Luis Pérez González and me. Deadline for abstracts: 31 Oct. cfp-translationstudies.my.canva.site

📢 Calling all translators - we need your views and insights on our #TranslatorsOnTheCover campaign. Five years on from its launch, we’re working with Dr Pete Freeth (London Metropolitan University) to find out more about the campaign’s impact. buff.ly/uRuoZ1O

Petition calling on the media and politicians to recognise that most women support the trans+ community! notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

Join us online for PETRA-E’s 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI 🧑‍💻 The PETRA-E Network is delighted to hold its third conference on literary translation, hosted by BCLT. Register now 👉️ www.bclt.org.uk/events/Creat...

Call for participants If you speak Scottish Gaelic, Scots, and/or Shaetlan, you are invited to share your experiences, knowledge, and perspectives. This research will contribute to reversing language decline and strengthening linguistic diversity across Europe www.uhi.ac.uk/en/media/202...

Call for participants: Survey on minoritised languages in Scotland

Researchers at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), through its Language Sciences Institute and on behalf of the FOSTERLANG project, invite you to take part in an important survey explor...

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For those working in translation, SUISS is current inviting candidates to apply for our prestigious Gavin Wallace Translation Fellowship. Study and gather ideas for translation projects involving Scottish Literature. Please visit our website for details:

Curious where German can take you?🚀✨ Join us for a day of workshops, career talks, study options and networking with German companies shaping the future. 📅 16 April 2026 📍 Keele University 🔗 Register via www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ve... #CareerRoadshow #Gimagine #GoetheInstitutUK

For those in/around Edinburgh: Join us at @translation-uoe.bsky.social on Wednesday, 11 March 2026 (4.10-6.00) for an in-person research seminar by @delphinegrass.bsky.social on #translation as a creative-critical practice. For details see llc.ed.ac.uk/translation-... @uoe-llc.bsky.social

Translation Studies Research Seminar Series: Delphine Grass | Translation Studies | Literatures Languages and Culture

An in-person seminar by Dr Delphine Grass (Lancaster University) on the impact and challenges created from maps of translation studies such as the Holmes/Toury map.

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The CIVIS Scottish literature webinar on the 'Outreach of Scottish Literature' will be held on 12 March 2026, 5–6pm GMT. 📌 John Corbett: As Others See Us: Scottish Literature in and out of Translation 📌 Paul Barnaby: The Birth of BOSLIT: Setting up a Database of Scottish Literature in Translation

CIVIS Webinar ‘Outreach of Scottish Literature’

Kirsten Stirling, Corey Gibson and Marie Hedon are inviting everybody interested to the CIVIS Scottish literature Spring Webinar on the “Outreach of Scottish Literature”, held on 12 Mar…

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"AI systems still perpetuate societal norms and stereotypes and misogyny and racism and harms. But because the 'AI as innovation' or 'AI as societal advancement' narrative has taken over, the other side of the debate or the other side of the argument rarely gets any attention." @abeba.bsky.social

✨ Jen Calleja will be leading 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...

💡Convergence2026: AI-Enabled Digital Accessibility Summer School Explore the intersection of AI and accessible communication, expand your knowledge, connect with peers and contribute to a vibrant, multidisciplinary community. www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-trans... #AI #accessible #media #translation #PhD

It's dreich out there, but our spring workshop is coming! On the 21st of March in Edinburgh, we'll discuss translation in the area of disaster risk reduction looking at languages and indigenous communities in Latin America, with Dr. Teresa Armijos Burneo. Info: itiscotland.org.uk/events/sprin...

The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) has launched and is now open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. Learn more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues

We are excited to open applications for a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages. Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below. Application deadline: 15 February, 2026 buff.ly/yibsATf

For anyone looking for an immersive, LGBTQI+-welcoming experience this summer, come study at the SUISS summer school school in Edinburgh in 2026. Courses on literature, creative writing and theatre, the latter coinciding with the queer-friendly Edinburgh Fringe/Festival and its thousands of shows.

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Come study literature, theatre or creative writing at the SUISS summer school in beautiful Edinburgh, for 2026. Spend your mornings immersed in learning before soaking up the city’s summer festivals or wandering the city’s ancient streets and hills. Applications now open: www.suiss.ed.ac.uk

📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT International Literary Translation & Creative Writing Summer School 2026 📣 Join us ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026. Find out more & download an example programme on our website: shorturl.at/gy3yT 💡 Bursaries available

For #ShoutOutForGerman week (organised by @uk.diplo.de, @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social & @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social), I will be delivering an online workshop on myths about German on 22 January, aimed primarily at Key Stage 4-5 language learners. To sign up: bit.ly/3Nwif1i #German #languages #MFL

📣 Call for Papers! 📣 PETRA-E's 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI 📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE 🗓 28–29 May 2026 ⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026 Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

What do we mean by ‘voice’? And why does voice matter in translation? There’s still time (just!) to book your free ticket for Professor Charlotte Bosseaux’s inaugural lecture as Chair of Audiovisual Translation Studies Weds 3 December - Edinburgh - 5.15pm cbosseaux.eventbrite.co.uk

Inaugural Lecture: Charlotte Bosseaux

Join us for 'A Voice of their Own: Why Voice Matters in Translation (Studies)?' delivered by Professor Charlotte Bosseaux.

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Official launch of the journal Feminist Translation Studies (www.tandfonline.com/journals/rft...) on 4 December. Join us for a lively discussion with some of the contributors so far. Please register here tinyurl.com/FTSLaunchEvent to receive a Zoom link. Everybody welcome! @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Brian Friel's "Translations" in Dakar: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Donegal to Dakar: the Irish play about British rule hitting home in post-colonial Senegal

An African staging of Brian Friel’s Translations resonates deeply as the country distances itself from France

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Vor Kurzem erschienen im Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik: mein Beitrag zum Übersetzen von Dialekt doi.org/10.3726/JIG5... (open access) #uebersetzen #translationstudies #german

Registration for #IPCITI2025, the 18th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting, is now OPEN!! 🎉🎉🎉 🗓️ Register before 24 October to get our special early-bird fee. 🧠 We have a packed two-day programme with plenty of opportunities to network and decompress. (1/3)

Join @annierutherford.bsky.social for 'Reviewing Translations: Making the Translator Visible' ONLINE on Wednesday 22 October 📚 ✨ Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c... In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social

🍂 Autumn workshops incoming! 📣 Join Jean Boase-Beier for 'Translating Style' and explore what literary style is and how it shapes meaning, with examples from different languages 🌍📚 📅 Wednesday 1 October 2025 ⏲️ 3– 4.30pm 📍 ONLINE www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

📢 CPD: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses? Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn. Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️ itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...

Target Special Issue CFP, Translating the climate crisis: Language, power, and socio-environmental justice benjamins.com/series/targe...