Applications are OPEN for Emerging Translator Mentorships 2024 - 2025! This year’s languages: Arabic Faroese Italian Japanese Korean Lithuanian Polish Languages of Singapore Chronically ill translator Mentorship Deadline: Mon 26 Aug 2024 buff.ly/3SnWQHs

Honoured & excited to be mentoring again this year with National Centre for Writing 🥳 as a previous mentee of @antonhur with the programme, I know firsthand just how much this mentorship has to offer!

I've loved working with National Centre for Writing on the Emerging Translator Mentorships so much over the last 9 months, and am thrilled to have been asked to come back next year as a mentor - if you're an emerging translator with a chronic illness, I'd love to see an application from you!

APPLY: Honoured to be a mentor of National Centre for Writing Emerging Translator Mentorship. It's such a life-changingly amazing programme! Please RT & share with people interested in translation, literature and languages, and a knowledge of Lithuanian ✍️📚🇱🇹nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/get-involved/t…

I’d be especially keen to hear from people with multilingual backgrounds or working into two or more directions (I translate both into English & Lithuanian myself). If you’re hesitant about if this is for you, please feel free to reach out & I’ll be happy to answer any questions.

My chronic people - Annie is great - apply to this!

An opportunity in translation for people with long-term health conditions - you could be mentored by our colleague Annie!

This is shocking news and will have severe ramifications for authors and the whole sector: “Creative Scotland has taken the difficult decision to close the Open Fund for Individuals” Society of Authors creativescotland.com/news-stories/l…

After a little hiatus we’re back with more workshops! This is your chance to learn about literary translation from an absolute master of her craft Emma Ramadan 🖤 No prior experience with translation is necessary—dabblers and the translation-curious are welcome!

The National Centre for Writing Emerging Translator Mentorship program is famous for producing translators who *actually* go on to publish books—Clare Richards, Shanna Tan, Gene Png, and Mattho Mandersloot are notable working alumni of the Korean strand. Apply now! nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/get-involved/t…

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Just a reminder that applications for the National Centre for Writing Emerging Translators Mentorship programme are open until 11:59 BST Monday 26th Aug! Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any qs, or with my wonderful former mentee Joheun Lee ✨💕

📢 Only four days left to apply!

Are you an emerging translator? 🖊️ Explore five great tips for multilingual translation from writer and translator Wai-chew Sim. Read now: buff.ly/3Q9SnY7

Solidarity with trans writers in this scene. Solidarity with anyone working to ensure our scene is safe for them and celebratory of them. Always.

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…

Hugely looking forward to working with our wonderful new Emerging Translators!