It is always worth listening to Kalaf Epalanga, but I particularly love the way he talks about translation here. doeklitmag.com/writing-is-a...

Translating a book with a rhyme on *almost* every line. Me: ...but what if it was *every* line?

My current translation is a rhyming children's story, which is nice in this season of festive gatherings because it's very easy for non-linguists to grasp why a machine couldn't do that.

Hui a Castelló

Sometimes being a translator means resisting the urge to be an editor...or does it?

Cercas x McLean x Fitzcarraldo is some combo 🔥 'God's Fool at the Ends of the Earth' is brilliant. One of the best books I've read this year.

Gaudint molt d'aquest capítol de @somgentrandom.bsky.social

Such a pleasure to work on this book as part of the commemorations for the Petit Liceu's 25th anniversary. @nordicalibros.bsky.social

Some beach reading 👀❤️

A host of @pelta.bsky.social translators featured in this fabulous collection of Brazilian Christmas stories from @newvesselpress.bsky.social.

Today's post 😍🇧🇷🎄 Pleased to be alongside some fine @pelta.bsky.social company in this wonderful anthology from @newvesselpress.bsky.social

Lovely to see so many translators I know, respect and admire on this longlist. Felicidades a todos! queensofiaspanishinstitute.org/literature/lon…

Angolan poet & historian Ana Paula Tavares has won the 2025 Camões Prize for literature in the Portuguese language! "Awarding the prize to Ana Paula Tavares celebrates the strength and beauty of Lusophone literature," said Brazil's culture minister, Margareth Menezes. www.gov.br/bn/pt-br/cen...

Visca la terra, visca la llengua, visca el poble! #9dOctubre

Delighted to have one of my translations in this book. Just look at that cover! 💚🇧🇷🎄

Never underestimate the importance and value of public libraries. Revolutionary spaces in modern times.

Good line from George Monbiot on Radio 4 there: 'protest built our democracy'. On the anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, let us never forget that ordinary people standing up for what is right is part of our history, a radical history of striving for a better world.

Huge congrats to the Cercador Prize finalists! @furiousleeper.bsky.social

Today is International Translation Day, so it seems like the perfect time to share the news that I have been awarded a grant from the Institut Ramon Llull to translate a sample of work by the legendary Valencian author Maria Beneyto! #ITD25

When you find a Portuguese cafe in an unexpected place, it would be rude not to pop in for a cafezinho... ☕

Some of my recent publications. Read global this #WorldKidLitMonth and always.

For a trilingual upbringing. Per a una educació trilingüe. Para una educación trilingüe. (English version in my translation) #WorldKidLitMonth

Bona Diada a tots els meus amics catalans!

It is obviously genocide, but the most important thing is stopping it NOW 👇

Very exciting news. I read this book in Spanish and it is brilliant. I'm sure Jacob's translation from the original Galician will be, too.

És trist quan vas a una llibreria al País Valencià buscant literatura valenciana en valencià i només hi ha una secció molt xicoteta...clar, diran que es perquè els llibres en valencià no venen, però, també, si la gent no pot veure el que n'hi ha, no pot triar. I això passa a les llibreries bones...

Proofs are here 😍

Els drets de tots són de tots

#MFL teachers: exciting news! The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators - a free languages competition for students 11-18 studying French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish - launches again on 19/09. Register to receive teaching packs in time for EU Day of Languages! tinyurl.com/mue8r7hc

"We don't care how the West decides to label what is happening; they are exterminating us."

Otro año más en el foro social del Rototom! Imaginemos un futuro mejor.

Simple pleasures

Summer

Arròs al forn 👌 Not as famous as its cousin paella, but every bit as good.

We are deeply concerned by the Government's proposal to proscribe the protest group Palestine Action under terrorism legislation. Read our joint statement with @peninternational.bsky.social, @scottishpen.bsky.social & Wales PEN Cymru ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...

Translator copies! #WorldKidLit

WOW! 'Double Room is Anne Sénès' first literary novel and it's quite the debut. Despite its relative brevity, this elegy to love and grief is an exquisitely immersive read which left me reeling.' LOVE this review of @annesenes.bsky.social' #DoubleRoom, T #AliceBanks! Add it to your #TBR!

Feeling enthused after delivering a creative translation workshop to a group of Y6 students, who really engaged with the Spanish-language poem. Translation is a powerful tool for developing a range of transferible cross-curricular skills! @stephenspender.bsky.social @translationexch.bsky.social

Tonight in Glasgow! at Mount Florida Books! FREE! mountfloridabooks.com/products/jen... @prototypepubs.bsky.social

Out now in my translation: algareditorial.com/small-size-c...

Protect and fund libraries. www.scottishbooktrust.com/our-research...

Great review of Mara Faye Lethem's latest translation of Irene Solà. A complex and darkly fascinating novel that will get inside your head and stay there. www.ft.com/content/7582...

Exciting opportunity for UK schools! Friends at @worldkidlit.bsky.social are launching a new award celebrating Reading For Pleasure with an international dimension. They would LOVE to hear from teachers and schools who are interested in being involved. Let them know if you'd like to hear more.

„There was a time when I’d set out to be a magnificent boy.“ Read an excerpt of Carnival of Atrocities by Natalia Garcia Freire and @furiousleeper.bsky.social on @crimereads.bsky.social by @literaryhub.bsky.social. crimereads.com/carnival-of-...

So sad to see publishers and literary journals in the USA facing such uncertainty because the current president hates culture, creativity and critical thought.

An exciting event in two weeks' time in London if you're around. And you can read an extract from Nara Vidal's work in my translation here: latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/2024/09/an-e...

Feliz dia mundial da língua portuguesa!

Something appropriate for May Day Weekend ✊