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Advanced Translation Workshop - Publishing Literature from Taiwan
The Advanced Translation Workshop in 2024 was for translators of Taiwanese Literature and ran across 3 days - Thursday 7th November 2024, Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd November 2024. This workshop was generously supported by the National Museum of Taiwan Literature. The workshop focused on writing sample translations and pitches. The goal of the workshop was to finish the 3-days with a sample translation and pitch that was polished and ready to send to a publisher. Translators worked with award-winning literary translator Jeremy Tiang and experienced editor Luke Neima (Granta).
Since 2021, BCLT has been running 3-day online advanced translation workshops for more experienced literary translators. These workshops bring together translators from around the world working with the same language combinations and offer them the chance to workshop alongside an award-winning literary translator, as well as an experienced editor. We ran a pilot of this event in 2021 with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull, with a focus on Catalan-English translators. We then ran advanced translation workshops in 2022 and 2023 for German-English literary translators, in collaboration with Goethe Institut and New Books in German, and Scandinavian literary translators, in collaboration with Danish Arts Foundation, NORLA and the Swedish Arts Council.
Previous participants on the advanced translation workshops have applied for the following reasons:
“I wanted to gain more experience and confidence in my own translation practice.”
“I applied because, due to various circumstances, I have struggled to make the step from one published book to regular translation work. I relished the chance of collaborative work and the opportunity to hone my skills.”
“Because I was losing confidence after a few ignored pitches.”
“To refine existing translation skills, establish new professional connections and contribute to others through constructive feedback.”
We will be announcing the 2025 Advanced Translation Workshop soon.