Nell (by Gráinne Dowling)

The real Lutz Seiler coming your way in just over a month from Books at NYRB, trans by tesslewis. Tess is one of my very favorite translators from the German, and Seiler is a big-deal favorite in Germany, here recollecting bewilderment at the end of the GDR— Out Sept 17th~

Our 2023-24 newsletter is out. Take a look at what we got up to over the last 12 months. tcd.ie/literary-trans… We're already getting started with another busy programme of events for this year. So we hope to see you at one of our activities soon!

Very happy to see that the Human Versus Machine Translation Slam is happening again this autumn, feat. my fantastic colleague Christophe Fricker and fabulous former colleague Daniela Ford among other distinguished translators: eventbrite.co.uk/e/human-versus…

I'm in the early stages of organising some sort of network for people who are actively translating poetry, and publishing (or hoping to publish) their translations. If you might be interested, be in touch. And do please retweet!

We're transparent in our social sustainability. We'll fund a 4th bridge in Colombia this year, give 1% of all we earn to Women's Aid, share 1% with staff on top of salary and bonus and give 4 x €2,500 grants to local projects. We also roast coffee really well. If you need

C’est demain, venez nombreux!

Books are my business: Writer and translator Frank Wynne irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arts…

Also mannah from heaven to hear Ravi Mirchandani opine that post-editing an AI translation is surely SO much more bother than asking a good human pro to produce the translation in the 1st place. YES. Yes it is & more time-consuming & ultimately often costs more too #ITD2024 English PEN

PEN Presents x International Booker Prize is open! This round of our samples grant is in partnership with The Booker Prizes, & is open to translators from the Global Majority working from any language & region. Apply by 30 November, & spread the word. englishpen.org/translation/pe…

Literary Translator in Residence 2025: a new opportunity for a French language translator of Irish literature for a 12 week residency in Cork! In partnership with UCC Ireland Nano Nagle Place Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/3ZIYkQT

I met Elaine Feeney at this lit fest we did in Ireland last weekend and got a real kick out of her and now I'm reading her book "How to Build a Boat" and it's like the greatest fucking book I've ever read

We are delighted to announce the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024! The list celebrates work by women writers past and present from across the globe, artfully translated from 10 languages, and includes a wide range of genres. tinyurl.com/3yn4nfz8

Hard to overstate what a sinister figure Elon Musk is. Never seen one oligarch in a western democracy intervene on anything like this scale with unending Goebbels-grade lies.

Save the Number 11 Bus - Sign the Petition! chng.it/BMLRNQnvRf via Change.org

UN humanitarian coordinator from northern Gaza: “This is not a place for humans to survive. This must end. This misery must end. This war must end. This is beyond imagination. trib.al/n1PZzQi

NYT needle moves to Trump with a 90% chance of winning.

Europe-EU totally unprepared for what lies ahead-geopolitical shifts and shock + economic are the kind of challenges that the EU will struggle with.

The big question is: who will speak for Europe in the coming battles with Trump (including what ECB chief Christine LaGarde has predicted will be a trade war)? Scholz & Macron are considered lame ducks. That leaves Tusk or Meloni.