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A fellow ATA member wrote to let me know that she is on the committee for the Alicia Gordon Award for Word Artistry in Translation, and that the committee is actively seeking submissions for this year's award. The deadline is June 1 and the submission guidelines are available on the award's web … [Read more...] about The Alicia Gordon Award for Word Artistry in Translation

Jill Sommer (of Musings from an overworked translator) and I were thinking it might be fun to get translation blog writers and readers together for lunch at the upcoming ATA conference in Orlando. If you're interested (we were thinking of meeting on Thursday of the conference), either drop one of us … [Read more...] about Translation blog lunch at the ATA conference

The translation blogosphere is abuzz today with posts about International Translation Day, celebrated each year on September 30, the feast of St. Jerome. If you'd like to learn more about St. Jerome and his works, hop on over to Jill Sommer's post all about him. Every year, the … [Read more...] about Happy International Translation Day

The European Commission's translation department is once again offering its Juvenes Translatores (Young Translators) competition; the 2008 edition will be held on November 27 and the registration is open to any secondary school in Europe (deadline October 20). On November 27, the student contestants … [Read more...] about Registration open for Juvenes Translatores 2008

Thanks to reader Dierk Seeburg for sending this Wordle made from the posts on Thoughts on Translation. … [Read more...] about Thoughts on Translation Wordle