OCCT and @@lindeneditions.bsky.social are delighted to welcome Mariusz Szczygieł and Antonia Lloyd-Jones to Oxford in conversation about Szczygieł’s new work, Not There. With a drinks reception! 🗓️ 27 Feb 5-6:30pm 📍 Seminar Room 10, St Anne's College Register to attend:

OCCT and @@lindeneditions.bsky.social are delighted to welcome Mariusz Szczygieł and Antonia Lloyd-Jones to Oxford in conversation about Szczygieł’s new work, Not There. With a drinks reception! 🗓️ 27 Feb 5-6:30pm 📍 Seminar Room 10, St Anne's College Register to attend:

The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators launches TWO WEEKS TODAY!​ Our national competition will open for entries on Monday 2 February, when students aged 11-18 will have the opportunity to translate poetry, fiction and non-fiction from French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian and Spanish 📝

Join us to celebrate a new translation of A Doll’s House, Men of Honour & When We Dead Awaken, tracing the dialogue between Henrik Ibsen and Laura Kieler. 🗓 19 Jan | 5-7pm 📍 Seminar Room 8, St Anne’s College 🥂 Drinks reception #BookLaunch #TranslationStudies #WomenWriters

Join us to celebrate a new translation of A Doll’s House, Men of Honour & When We Dead Awaken, tracing the dialogue between Henrik Ibsen and Laura Kieler. 🗓 19 Jan | 5-7pm 📍 Seminar Room 8, St Anne’s College 🥂 Drinks reception #BookLaunch #TranslationStudies #WomenWriters

Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (September 11-12, Oxford). A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA. shorturl.at/AdoHA

Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (Sep 11-12, Oxford). A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA. shorturl.at/AdoHA

Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (Sep 11-12, Oxford). A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA. shorturl.at/AdoHA

Reminder that the deadline for the Stephen Spender Translation Prize is 31 July - find out more and get your entries in at stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize Open to pupils & teachers in UK & Ireland schools! You can enter in any language #SSTPoetryPrize2025

Calling young translators and teachers! Just 2 weeks left to submit to the #SSTPoetryPrize2025! Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from the #PortugueseSpotlight booklet! @stephenspender.bsky.social www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize/

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Slowly getting ready to announce the Oxford-Weidenfeld translation prize @oxfordcct.bsky.social. Minna Jeffrey, Thom Murphy, @acantrill.bsky.social, and I had our work cut out for us!

🪼🪼🪼 I love this book so much!! Felicitations @jmz.bsky.social 🙌🏻

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2025 is Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld. Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!

In 48 hrs we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize! Attend the prize-giving and an exclusive panel with some of the shortlisted translators and their editors on Saturday 14 June! Panel: shorturl.at/wN6Pr Prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L

We're delighted to showcase 3 poets and self-translators working in Welsh and Gaelic to Oxford Translation Day! Join us to hear from Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies ⏰: 14 Jun., 14-15:15 📍: Seminar Rm. 8, St Anne's College 🌐: shorturl.at/L2sgQ

We're so excited to have three incredible Welsh and Gaelic poets coming to read their work and speak about it at Oxford Translation Day! Remember to register! ⏰: 14 June 2025, 14:00-15:15 📍: Seminar Room 8, St Anne's College 🌐: shorturl.at/ldqYS

Have you ever wanted to try translating a language you don't know? Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required! ⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45 📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College 🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7

Have you ever wanted to try translating a language you don't know? Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required! ⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45 📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College 🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7

Just 1 WEEK until we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025! 🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L ⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm 📍St Anne's College

Just 1 WEEK until we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025! 🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L ⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm 📍St Anne's College

DPhil in History, Utsa Bose's collection of translated short stories was recently published by Penguin! Come along to his workshop on translating Bengali to learn his approach - no Bengali needed! Register here: shorturl.at/IOzb7

We're excited to highlight the UK's linguistic diversity with #OxfordTranslationDay. Join us to hear from three eminent poets + self-translators working in Welsh + Gaelic - Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies. ⏰: 14/06, 2-3pm 🌐: shorturl.at/zAhy2

Nervous about applying for a PhD or postdoc in translation studies? We've gathered together 4 ECRs to talk through applications and projects - bring your questions! ⏰: 14/06, 12:30-13:30 🌐: shorturl.at/5yHL1

I can't wait to be in Oxford next week for Oxford Translation Day! It has been thrilling being part of the jury for this amazing prize along with my fellow judges.

Shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025! Erminia Dell’Oro, Abandonment (Heloise) translated from the Italian by Oonagh Stransky 🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L ⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm 📍St Anne's College

We are so excited to have the incredible Monica Cure at Oxford Translation Day as guest judge for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025. Register: Prize giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L In Conversation with Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM

There are only a few spaces left if you want to attend Polly Barton's translation workshop! Register here: shorturl.at/Q7GjO

Check out our full Oxford Translation Day Programme for June 14! You can find more details or and the registration links for all the events at: shorturl.at/zbyby

We can't wait for Oxford Translation Day in a couple of weeks! Join us there for an exciting day of translation workshops and talks ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Don't miss @oxfordcct.bsky.social Translation Day on 14 June. So many wonderful events taking place, incl. a creative workshop with English DPhil student Alyssa Ollivier-Tabukashvili, a discussion on Starting Out in Translation Studies with Dr Minna Jeffery & an In Conversation with Polly Barton!

How do poets working in Gaelic and Welsh self-translate? Come hear from three incredible poets: Menna Eflyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies! ⏰: June 14 | 14:00 📍: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College Register: shorturl.at/ldqYS

We're delighted to have the incredible translator and writer Polly Barton, speaking at two events on Oxford Translation Day! Register: Translation Workshop: tinyurl.com/a2ncuxx9 In Conversation With Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM

We are joined by Menna Elfyn, award-winning Welsh poet and playwright. She's President of Wales PEN Cymru, first woman Professor of Poetry in Wales, Professor Emerita at University Wales Trinity Saint David, and Welsh Children’s Poet Laureate (2002). Register here: shorturl.at/ldqYS

Join us to hear from two multi award-winning translators and writers - Polly Barton and Monica Cure. Register to attend: shorturl.at/RRHoM

DPhil in History, Utsa Bose's collection of translated short stories was recently published by Penguin! Come along to his workshop on translating Bengali to learn his approach - no Bengali needed! Register here: shorturl.at/IOzb7

We're sad to hear of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's passing. CAT was honored to host him for an event in San Francisco way back in 2008. Ngũgĩ made an incredible contribution to African literature written in indigenous African languages. We know his legacy will live on. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

We are joined by Georgia Nasseh, Research Fellow in the Literatures of the Global South at King’s College, Cambridge. Register here: shorturl.at/5yHL1

Are you interested in activism and translation? Join us for a self-manifesto craft session on Oxford Translation Day led by Alyssa Ollivier-Tabukashvili! We'll be scanning and displaying the manifestos on our website! Register here: shorturl.at/K5LBJ

We are joined by Menna Elfyn, award-winning Welsh poet and playwright. She's President of Wales PEN Cymru, first woman Professor of Poetry in Wales, Professor Emerita at University Wales Trinity Saint David, and Welsh Children’s Poet Laureate (2002). Register here: shorturl.at/ldqYS

Are you a PhD student or ECR applying for postdocs in translation studies? Come to our Oxford Translation Day panel with 4 ECRs discussing strategies for apps, writing project descriptions, and answering your questions! Register here: shorturl.at/5yHL1

We're so excited to be bringing together three incredible poets and self-translators from Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. Hear from Menna Elfyn, Mereid Puw Davies, and Petra Joana Poncarova as they read and discuss their poetry. Register here: shorturl.at/lVCY9

We're so excited to welcome award-winning translator and writer, Polly Barton to Oxford Translation Day! She'll be at 2 different events - register below! Translation Onomatopoeia: tinyurl.com/a2ncuxx9 In Conversation: Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM

Translation workshops are a staple of Oxford Translation Day! This year Alyssa Ollivier-Tabukashbili will be leading a creative workshop making mini manifestos on activism in translation. More information and registration: shorturl.at/95FE5

If you are interested in attending the FINAL Weidenfeld Lecture with Jhumpa Lahiri tonight, even if you didn't manage tickets, do come along! Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College, 5:30-6:30pm occt.web.ox.ac.uk/event/the-we...

Join us TOMORROW for our Theatre and Translation Roundtable! @prhoxford.bsky.social We'll explore the role of translation in theatre on both page and stage, from practical and academic perspectives. 7 February 13:15 to 14:30 Seminar Room 6, St Anne's College

We're very excited about our Theatre and Translation Roundtable on Friday! We have 3 fantastic speakers talking about translation and performance! There will be a sandwich lunch provided. occt.web.ox.ac.uk/ev...