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PELTA @pelta.bsky.social · 1h

Our new PELTA Blog post is up! From FLIP - Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty - Christina Baum, Bruna Dantas Lobato, and Sophie Lewis talk about promoting Brazilian literature in English, the joys and challenges of being a translator, and much more: hellopeltablog.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/p...

PELTA at FLIP 2025

by Christina Baum, Bruna Dantas Lobato, and Sophie Lewis CB: Earlier this year, Mauro Munhoz, the artistic director of FLIP — Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty, told me he was keen to pr…

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 9d

An excerpt from Sketch in Stone and Dream, Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud's most recent novel, in my translation. I am seeking a publisher for this novel. Visit the pitches section of my website (www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com) for more information about this and other works by Arnaud.

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PELTA @pelta.bsky.social · 8d

(Slightly belated) happy International Translators Day to all our members and friends!

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PELTA @pelta.bsky.social · 19d

Yesterday the brilliant Julia Sanches gave her fellow PELTA members a fascinating & valuable insight into the intricacies of translation contract negotiation.

PELTA regularly offers such workshops to its members - if you're a translator working in Portuguese & aren't yet a member, why not join us?

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PELTA @pelta.bsky.social · 23d

"Translation is a form of resistance" - don't miss this fascinating interview with renowned literary translator Elizabeth Lowe, by PELTA's own Cristina Pinto-Bailey. Up on the @pelta.bsky.social blog now! hellopeltablog.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/t...

“Translation is a form of resistance.” An Interview with Elizabeth Lowe

By Cristina Ferreira Pinto-Bailey Lowe, a renowned literary translator from the Portuguese, is the founding director of the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Ch…

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cristina Pinto-Bailey interviewed Elizabeth Lowe for the PELTA blog. An insightful conversation! Lowe is a prominent translator from various languages, whose memoir Translating from the Portuguese: A Life Translated is forthcoming from Tagus Press.
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“Translation is a form of resistance.” An Interview with Elizabeth Lowe

By Cristina Ferreira Pinto-Bailey Lowe, a renowned literary translator from the Portuguese, is the founding director of the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Ch…

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Beth Fowler - Translator @bethfowler.bsky.social · Aug 23

Any @pelta.bsky.social types into comic translation?

Glacier Bay Books @glacierbaybooks.com · Aug 22

Hello. Glacier Bay is looking for a Portuguese (European) → English translator to consult on a project.
Relevant candidates, please reach out to

[email protected]

with the subject line: "Portuguese Translation"
and details of your relevant (comics) translation background + experience.

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · Jul 25

Many congratulations to the PEN Translates winners! Special shout-out to the WWBers on the list:
@annielmcd.bsky.social
@shreedaisy.bsky.social
Annie McDermott
Mara Faye Lethem
Madame Neilsen
Gaye Kynoch
Geetanjali Shree
Daisy Rockwell

English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social · Jul 24

We’re delighted to announce that 14 titles from 10 publishers, 13 languages and 11 regions have won #PENTranslates awards – marking 400 books now supported through our programme.
www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...

PEN Translates winners announced - News & Events - English PEN

Awarding 14 titles from 10 publishers, 13 languages and 11 regions.

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Rahul Bery @rrrahul.bsky.social · Jul 28

Important to add that even if you get a good contract for a translation, you should still send it to @societyofauthors.bsky.social. Especially if it has a good rate: if the SoA don’t ‘observe’ rates higher than £100/ 1000 words then they can’t change the rate and publishers will continue to cite it.

Rachel Ward @racheltranslates.bsky.social · Jul 28

Translators, it's always good to make use of the @societyofauthors.bsky.social contract vetting service, however experienced you are. Things change, new terms come up, and it gives them the opportunity to see good rates, clever terms etc. to help others with.

Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · Jul 28

The SOA has an excellent (free) contract vetting service for members: it's worth using it, even if your agent has already looked at your contract. Contracts can be long, complicated and confusing, and it's worth running yours past an expert before you sign.

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Aug 2

August is Women in Translation Month! Celebrate the work of the world's best female writers, read by the incredibly talented women (and men) who translate them, with our dedicated playlist--currently 323 videos strong (!!!) and always growing. #WITmonth

Women in Translation #WIT #Read_WIT

Women in Translation playlist. Translations of women authors read by their literary translators. #Women #WIT #WITMonth #womenintranslation #womenwriters #IWD...

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · Aug 11

It was such a lovely evening! Thank you, Banter Bookshop, for hosting, Kathleen Wheaton for the great conversation, and everyone who showed up for our THE BOOK OF AFFECTS event.
#WomenInTranslationMonth #shortstorycollection #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #womenwriters

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Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 12

Cover reveal!

Delighted to share the artwork for the August 2025 issue of MPT, Rhythms of the Land: Focus on the Poetry of Nature, guest-edited by Jessica Sequeira. This issue will be posting out to subscribers at the end of this week!

Cover artwork by artwork by Estéfani Díaz Azúa

The cover has a dark blue background with a paler blue image of low
hills with flat grassland on the lower third of the page. On the right is a large white and pale-blue image of a long thin plant with five leaves and some small flowers at the top. It reaches about three-quarters of the way up the page, framing the cover. On the left is a similar sized pale blue-and-white image of bent grass, with some leaning towards the
centre of the page as if blown by the wind. This image spreads onto the back page where there are also two smaller pale blue images of leaves.

Contributors names in white text over the predominantly dark blue background.

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Rahul Bery @rrrahul.bsky.social · Jul 16

'Insures'? The New Yorker has gone too far this time. What next? 'Incompass'? 'Inable'? 'Inact'?

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PELTA @pelta.bsky.social · Jul 2

We're delighted to bring you a new blog post: read all about PELTA member Kim Olson's path to becoming a literary translator, via, among other things, Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto's 1908 novel 'Esfinge'. Hope you enjoy it!

Esfinge: On Becoming a Translator and a New Translation

by Kim F. Olson Mine was a winding path to literary translation, involving pivotal points with a dash of serendipity. A decade of corporate work in Washington, DC—at the time a hub for internationa…

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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · Jun 24

Publishers @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Editions, @giramondobooks.bsky.social and New Directions have launched the biennial Poetry in Translation #prize, which will award an #advance of $5,000 (£3,700) to be shared equally between #poet and #translator. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

New prize for translated poetry aims to tap into boom for international-language writing

Award, to be shared between poet and translator, is a joint project by three publishers and will give a $5,000 advance for a new collection

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · Jun 17

Excited to present José Luís Peixoto's incantatory tale of memory, grief, and longing, together with my co-translator Elton Uliana; what a formidable table of contents! #literatureintranslation #PortugueseLiterature

The Massachusetts Review @themassreview.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our summer issue has arrived! Featuring work by Sumana Roy and Ariel Katz, poets janan alexandra and Marianne Boruch, plus translations of Kim Hyesoon and José Luís Peixoto, plus art by Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich, be sure to get a copy today! massreview.org/issue/volume...

Volume 66, Issue 2 - The Massachusetts Review

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Beth Hickling-Moore (she/her) 🍉 @bethangharad.bsky.social · Apr 28

Excited to share that this week I’ll be starting my translation of THE SEVENTH OATH by Mozambican legend (& Premio Camões winner 2021) Paulina Chiziane, for the wonderful @archipelagobooks.bsky.social
🇲🇿 📕 ✨
Just shy of 2 years ago I was in Mozambique, so this feels like a very full-circle moment.

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PELTA @pelta.bsky.social · May 6

Let us know if you have any questions, we'll be happy to help. And if you're already a member, help spread the word: tell us why you have joined and tag as many people as you like that you think would benefit from joining. Thanks!

PELTA @pelta.bsky.social · May 6

PELTA is an independent, non-profit, global network run by translators, for translators. If you're not a member yet, and are curious about what PELTA can offer, check out 10 reasons to join!

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PELTA @pelta.bsky.social · May 6

In addition, we seek to actively promote links with Anglophone and Portuguese-language publishers and relevant cultural and literary organisations, and to encourage greater recognition and improved conditions for literary translators.

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PELTA @pelta.bsky.social · May 6

PELTA is a network of literary translators from Portuguese into English. Our main aims are to promote Portuguese-language literature in English translation and to represent the community of Portuguese-English literary translators, while at the same time maintaining a register of such translators.

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PELTA @pelta.bsky.social · Mar 6

Translated by @pelta.bsky.social member Sophie Lewis!

Turnaround Books @turnarounduk.bsky.social · Mar 6

Happy publication day to the gorgeous new green edition of THE SIMPLE ART OF KILLING A WOMAN! It's an urgent, important read that looks at the strength of individuals in the face of overwhelming violence and femicide in Brazil.

From The Indigo Press 💜

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · Jan 20

Join us on Feb 12 for our Translation Prizes, as we celebrate @britishlibrary.bsky.social

To purchase tickets - societyofauthors.org/event/the-20...

Not able to attend in person, watch via our livestream -https://societyofauthors.org/event/the-2024-society-of-authors-translation-prizes-livestream/

A collection of books framed against a gold background.

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PELTA @pelta.bsky.social · Feb 11

Fantastic, well done Victor!

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Victor Meadowcroft 🇨🇦 @furiousleeper.bsky.social · Feb 10

Great to see my translation of Ricardo Silva Romero’s ‘Río
Muerto’ (World Editions) included on this wonderful list of books to fall for this month!

Turnaround Books @turnarounduk.bsky.social · Feb 7

Are you ready for your next big literary love? Find out in our February Fiction Preview is out now! 📚💘

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February Fiction: 9 Hot-Off-The-Press Books to Fall For

Whilst romance may be in the air for some in February, we have our hearts set on the gripping, twisted, hilarious and speculative fiction being released this month! Dive into our list of must-read …

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