Massive thanks to Charlotte Bosseaux @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social for her presentation of this very moving reseacrh-informed documentary film Surviving Translation yesterday. You can watch the film here: ethicaltranslation.llc.ed.ac.uk/documentary/

📢📢📢 Check out the new programme for our CTIS Research Seminar Series in Semester II and join us on campus or online by registering on Teams (registration links to follow in the comments). We hope to see you there!

"...mandatory reading for critical eyes in search of non-extractivist Language Policy and Planning built around notions of embodied knowledge and epistemologies of the Souths." buff.ly/lPvmAAL

Don't miss Josephine Murray's presentation on Translation Across Genres at the CIOL Conference in April which focuses on literary translation. Early bird tickets are still available - full information at www.ciol.org.uk/ciol-conference-2026 #Conference #Translation #Networking #Languages #CIOLConf26

Join us for our next book group, online or in Downtown San Francisco from 12-1 pm PST. This month's pick is the novel TOMB OF SAND by Geetanjali Shree, translated from the Hindi by @shreedaisy.bsky.social (HarperVia). Register here: buff.ly/ZKgNe7o

The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) has launched and is now open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. Learn more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues

We are excited to open applications for a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages. Find full details, including fee and residency requirements, below. Application deadline: 15 February, 2026 buff.ly/yibsATf

“Translation requires a lot of specialized knowledge, from jargon and slang to literary history. But that shouldn’t stop anyone from trying their hand at it for the pure pleasure of solving a puzzle and playing with form” — Bela Shayevich writes in her new @nplusonemag.com column:

We’re delighted to announce that 18 titles from 14 publishers, 12 languages and 16 regions have won #PENTranslates awards. www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...

Ever wondered how a literary translator brings a story into a whole new language? Come along to Manchester in Translation 2026 for practical workshops on literary translation, with a focus on Chinese. Non-speakers or Chinese welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...

Translation Multiples goes to Cambridge! If you're in town today, do come along to this talk + workshop. @princetonupress.bsky.social

Today, 11 February 2026 at 4pm (GMT), join this interactive seminar led by @kaszyma.bsky.social, author of Translation Multiples: From Global Culture to Postcommunist Democracy. Find more information about this @cam.ac.uk Translation Studies Network event here: www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

MANCHESTER IN TRANSLATION 2026 🗣️ 📅 FEB 23 @ 5:30pm 📍 Club Academy Uni of Manchester Students Union Oxford Road M13 9PR Come to Manchester in Translation '26 for talks & Chinese translation workshops - no experience necessary! 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...

Have you checked the latest issue of Meta: Translators' Journal? It opens with an authoritative re-framing of translation norm theory by Anna Strowe (University of Manchester) @ctis-manchester.bsky.social Read online at doi.org/10.7202/1121...

How can popular media and fictional worlds be integrated into classroom activities to enhance language learning? Find out on 26 November (10am UK time) in our online discussion with Osman Solmaz, author of "Fictional Linguistic Landscapes"!

Support: Cognitive Science, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, Semantics: PhD Position in Linguitsics, Department of Linguistics, University of Tübingen

Calls: 20th Conference on Laboratory Phonology

How can the arts help our young people? 🎨🎭 1 in 4 youths in the UK report mental health difficulties by age 19. Research finds that engaging in artistic activities leads to an increase in youth wellbeing, a mood boost equivalent to an unemployed adult moving into work. pbe.co.uk/publications...

Ukrainian writer Andrei Kurkov at the Uni of Manchester (@uomsalc.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social) on his latest novel Three Years on Fire, but also talking about his morbid humour inspired by the 'childhood medical fantasies' he developped when growing up in a house full of medical doctors.

Join us for a cultural event about Kurdish storytelling and history, to celebrate the launch of 'The Last Pomegranate Tree' by Bachtyar Ali 📅 Thursday 27 November ⏰ 4.45-6pm 📍 Samuel Alexander Building, SG16 🎟 Free entry, all welcome, no booking required

Tomorrow (14 November) at 5-6:30 pm (GMT), join this virtual @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social workshop where @kaszyma.bsky.social will discuss her new book, Translation Multiples: From Global Culture to Postcommunist Democracy. Learn more about this free event here: buff.ly/R362wXY.

Really looking forward to speaking at #IPCITI2025 tomorrow! My keynote, ‘Translating Rape’ will be hybrid. See below for details to register.

📣 Call for Interest now open! The University of Manchester invites educators, researchers, and innovators to join the 2026 international conference: Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Balancing Equity, Access & Innovation. 🗓️ 9–10 June 2026 🔗: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/c... 🧵(1/3)

Next month we're celebrating 30 years of our Bilingual Education and Bilingualism book series with the publication of "Key Developments in Bilingual Education and Bilingualism". Find out more, order a copy or request an inspection copy for your course on our website: buff.ly/U3jrhaL #langchat

Tomorrow (Thursday, 13 November) at 2-3:30 pm (GMT), join this hybrid @ctis-manchester.bsky.social event where @kaszyma.bsky.social will discuss her new book, Translation Multiples: From Global Culture to Postcommunist Democracy. Learn more here: events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:....

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr Pauline Henry-Tierney (Newcastle University) as our keynote speaker at #IPCITI2025, 18th International #Postgraduate #Conference in #Translation and #Interpreting 📢 Don’t forget – the deadline to submit abstracts is 25 July 🔗 warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/mod... (1/5)

So glad to share with you the inaugural special issue of Feminist Translation Studies 'Translating with the Earth: Gender, Feminism and Eco-Translation' www.tandfonline.com/toc/rftr20/2/1 @olgacastro80.bsky.social @ftnetwork.bsky.social @womenintranslation.bsky.social @drpaulinehenry.bsky.social

More events feat. Translation Multiples (also online!): 📢Thurs, 13 Nov, 2-4pm: a triple book showcase (with Delphine Grass & Anna Lanfranchi) on recent books in literary translation: events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:... 📢Friday, 14 Nov, 5-6.30pm: a multiples workshop www.kcl.ac.uk/events/works...

Throwback to JC Penet's first CTIS seminar this year with a packed room, lots of questions, and a really great discussion afterwards. Thank you to everyone who attended either in person or online!

Tomorrow (22 October) at 4pm BST, please join this in-person @soasuni.bsky.social event, where @kaszyma.bsky.social will discuss her new book, Translation Multiples: From Global Culture to Postcommunist Democracy. Register for this event here: buff.ly/LMF5SGy.

📢📢📢 CfP for a special issue in @transpaces.bsky.social (2027) on the topic of Translator Norms, co-edited by our very own Anna Strowe, Richard Mansell & Helle V. Dam. Abstracts due 24 Nov; notification of successful proposals by 15 Dec; articles due 30 May 2026. More details: t.co/gVJ29PBTDm

Translation Multiples goes to London! Join me on 22 October at 4pm at the University of London (@soasuni.bsky.social), discuss several engaging examples together in an interactive format. The event is free, but registration is required: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/... @princetonupress.bsky.social

Happy International Translation Day, everyone! Best time to save the dates for our CTIS research seminars in the upcoming months.

This workshop w/@kaszyma.bsky.social asks how can we use languages to effect change? What's the difference between translation as activism & translation as art? & much more... 🗓️20 Oct Manchester Poetry Library, M15 6BG 🎟️FREE places for MMU & UoM Students 🔗 englishpen.beaconforms.com/form/057fe075

Looking forward to taking part! 13 November 2025 at @officialuom.bsky.social

Excited to have received my complimentary copy of The Routledge Handbook of Translation Technology and Society, which includes a chapter I co-authored with Silvia Terribile entitled "Translation Technology and Human-Machine Interaction". #machinetranslation #MT #postediting

Ready for a new academic year? Let's start on a high note by kicking off the brand-new CTIS Research Seminar Series 2025-26 together! Here is the Semester 1 programme. Zoom links for individual sessions will be shared in the comments.

Ever wondered how your favorite anime, TV, movies, and games make their way into your language, and the linguistic science behind localization? Join me tomorrow, September 15th, at 3:00 PM PST for an online talk at the University of Texas at Dallas' Center for Translation Studies! More info 👀↘️

If you have some interest in translation and would like to explore it further as a linguistic and cross-cultural activity, EATPA Global Translation Jam 2025 is a good opportunity for you to try your hand. Join us now!

Announcing the Center for the Art of Translation's DAY OF TRANSLATION 2025! Join us on 9/18 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY. Registration open now for our 12-5 pm panels & tickets available for Jhumpa Lahiri and Katie Kitamura's 6 pm keynote. Full announcement ➡️ mailchi.mp/catranslatio...

"Bold acts of translation are the lifeblood of Kasia Szymanska’s book, TRANSLATION MULTIPLES: FROM GLOBAL CULTURE TO POSTCOMMUNIST DEMOCRACY." Check out Jess Jensen Mitchell's review on HS of @kaszyma.bsky.social's TRANSLATION MULTIPLES here: hopscotchtranslation.com/2025/09/09/r... #translation

Need to take your mind off things? Come along for my talk next Tuesday with the Association pour la traduction en sciences sociales, atessfrance.org at 1 pm CET, in French. Find out what we have in common with 19th-century translators, and what we can learn from them. Sign up at lnkd.in/e3yyT26M

Confs: 5th International Conference on Heritage / Community Languages

Important book on Gaza from SOAS @soasuni.bsky.social colleague Dina Matar, scheduled for publication by Saqi Books in November: Archiving Gaza in the Present Art, Memory and Erasure Edited by Dina Matar and Venetia Porter saqibooks.com/books/saqi/a...

Book talk in Manchester! Come for a night at Queer Lit to talk with other book lovers & curious folks! Find out why queer women are leading the movement to ‘speak in tongues’ 😍 See you there! Get your tix: www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail...

📣 Publishers, orgs, bookshops, festivals, institutions, & collectives can apply for their International Translation Day events to be featured in this year's Nationwide programme with @writerscentre.bsky.social. #ITD2025 Apply & join us ⬇️⬇️ (deadline 28 Aug) www.englishpen.org/translation/...

🎊CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF LITERARY MAGIC - FULL #MLF25 PROGRAMME OUT NOW!📚 From internationally acclaimed authors and cultural icons to bold new voices, our 20th edition is set to inspire, challenge and delight anyone who celebrates with us. 🧵

Our Global Forum on Southern Epistemologies book series publishes independent volumes concerned primarily with exploring peripheralized ways of framing and conducting language studies in both the Global South and Global North. Find out more here: buff.ly/Gyuf88i

👊🏻Join me for this 'Translation as Activism' workshop at the 2025 Manchester Literature Festival 👊🏻 @mcrlitfest.bsky.social manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/trans... 🤜🏻10 free tickets can be claimed by MMU (@manmetuni.bsky.social) & UoM (@uomhums.bsky.social) students ➡️📧 [email protected]

Autumn book tour dates for FAIR! See you there! @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social