“Literary translation has an educational function…introducing readers to ways of thinking, ways of seeing things, that they wouldn’t ordinarily be able to get” Leading translator Sam Garrett expounds on translation and the globalization of Dutch lit: bit.ly/2Po5oNN

Dismayed to learn that their food was being translated as the “Asian flat croissant,” Malaysians working at Dominos Pizza recently released a cheeky ad touting the “Italian flat naan.” 😂 klfoodie.com/dominos-malays…

one of the lines in the current chapter i’m working on is “maybe i didn’t need a man, maybe i just needed a really good korean drama” and i can’t tell if i’m still writing about my characters or if i’m just writing about myself at this point

As it’s International Women’s Day, I thought I’d share a story about my experience of being a woman in Nigeria. Every morning when I go for my morning outdoor run in Lagos, random men always find ways to make me so uncomfortable that I consider not running outside again.

you can not accurately assess the academic performance of students who are facing illness, homelessness, unsafe environments, or even the general panic and anxiety that of the moment. grades will be even less reflective than they were before. grades are an undue burden right now.

if only we could all just enjoy what we enjoy, with other people who enjoy it too, without the fucking arbitrary judgments of what makes our time or interests worthy.

작고 귀여운 다육이 입니다. 여러분은 같이 지내는 반려식물이 있나요? 확실히 생명과 같이 지내면 작던 크던 좋은 변화가 같이 생기는 것 같아요 ! 안에서 친구들 보며 힘내봅시다 ! #BOTD #BTS_OF_THE_DAY

Dudes are still telling us to go back to the kitchen or make them a sandwich as a comeback on social media. Sir, it's 2020. If you're bent on not growing as a person, at least upgrade your misogyny. Windows 95 ass.

Human rights are for everyone – no matter who you are or whom you love. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Sunday is the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia unfe.org #StandUp4HumanRights #IDAHOBIT via UN UN Free & Equal

“We’re getting all the lip gloss.”

Women poets are undertranslated. So we're delighted to team up with the fab Modern Poetry in Translation to guest-edit their Autumn issue focus on dead women poets👻 To make this important project possible, we need to fundraise. Find out how to support us - and submit: indiegogo.com/projects/mpt-f…

I'm soooo excited about this!! Please submit your translations of poems by dead women poets - we especially welcome submissions from women, trans and non binary folks, and people who have not translated before. Also excited to see our @littlelilylewis's cover art for the issue!

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Apply now! NCW Emerging #Translator Mentorships aims to develop new cohorts of literary translators into English, particularly for languages whose literature is currently under-represented in English #translation. Deadline: 31 August 2022 nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/emerging-trans…

@write_ahmedabad is rolling out the second edition of their Diploma in Literary Translation. Apply, if interested :)

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