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saltatchicago.bsky.social @saltatchicago.bsky.social · 7d

PEN Translates x SALT grants are open!

Are you a publisher looking to fund a translation project from a South Asian language?

Apply by November 30th!

PEN Translates - Translation grants for publishers - English PEN

PEN Translates – English PEN's grant for publishers is now open. Deadline: 31 May 2025. Open to UK publishers for new books in translation from any language and region. Awarding the best contemporary literature in translation.

www.englishpen.org

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saltatchicago.bsky.social @saltatchicago.bsky.social · 9d

Reminder that SALT Travel Grant applications are due TOMORROW September 30th!

Also, don't forget to apply for ALTA x SALT Emerging Translator Mentorships by November 30th!

Check out all of our current opportunities and news here:

salt.humanities.uchi...

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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 13d

Exciting news 📣 The Feminist Translation Network will be at the Birmingham Literature Festival next month with some brilliant events. Don’t miss 'Translating South Asian Literature: A Feminist Approach with Kavita Bhanot'✍🏽

Register here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bir...

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saltatchicago.bsky.social @saltatchicago.bsky.social · 13d

Want to learn about translation with International Booker Prize winning writer-translator, Deepa Bhasthi? Now is your chance!

How to Translate Multilinguality with Deepa Bhasthi

Discuss how to engage with a text that is created in a linguistic environment where there are two or more languages at play.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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saltatchicago.bsky.social @saltatchicago.bsky.social · 14d

Check out out this awesome new publishing project: HYPHEN! "A constellation of ventures dedicated to bridging India's multilingual literary heritage with the world, through translation and publication."
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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 21d

📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators.

Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators

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saltatchicago.bsky.social @saltatchicago.bsky.social · 21d

Publishers and translators! Don't forget to apply to SALT's Travel Grant Program before September 30th! salt.humanities.uchi...

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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · 23d

📚 Lit from Taiwan w. @linkinglionking.bsky.social
📚 Malayalam w. @vivarthaka.bsky.social
📚 Marathi w. Sachin Ketkar
📚 Poetry from Hong Kong w. @jenniferfeeley.bsky.social
📚 Prose from Hong Kong w. @jacqlyy.bsky.social
📚 Sinhala w. Liyanage Amarakeerthi
📚 Swedish w. @rakelwb.bsky.social

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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · 23d

📣 Meet the mentors for the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! buff.ly/uQyIkTL

The program allows an emerging translator to establish and develop a close working relationship with an experienced translator on a literary translation project chosen by the emerging translator.

ALTA

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Armory Square Prize @armorysqprize.bsky.social · 23d

Opportunity alert! Our friends @southasiaspeaks.bsky.social are accepting applications for their fellowship program now through Sept. 30 from emerging translators living in South Asia.
Learn more & apply here: www.southasiaspeaks.org/fellowship/. Good luck to all!

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saltatchicago.bsky.social @saltatchicago.bsky.social · Sep 3

SALT's Travel Grant Program is now open for applications! This year we will be offering grants to both publishers and translators of literature from South Asian languages into English. Learn more about how to apply here: salt.humanities.uchi...

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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣 The 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open!

The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.

Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69

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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · Aug 12

🎉 It's here! The schedule-at-a-glance for our upcoming conference, ALTA48: Visions and Versions, which will be held November 5-8 in Tucson, AZ, is LIVE!

Check it out now to see the panels, workshops, readings, events and more we have lined up for you in Tucson this November! buff.ly/6KmX2u2

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Kotryna Garanasvili @kotrynagaranasvili.bsky.social · Aug 11

APPLY: Lithuanian is one of the languages of the wonderful Emerging Translator Mentorship @writerscentre.bsky.social this year, and I’m v happy to return as a mentor. Please share this opportunity with people interested in translation, literature and languages ✍️📚🇱🇹 Deadline: 31 Aug. Link below!

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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · Aug 11

📣 Applications are OPEN for the @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social Fellowship 2025/26📣

The successful applicant will be in residence at BCLT for 8 weeks from Monday 19th January – Saturday 14th March 2026. Apply by 14 September 2025 📅

Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · Aug 7

📣 Applications are OPEN for the @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social Fellowship 2025/26📣

The successful applicant will be in residence at BCLT for 8 weeks from Monday 19th January – Saturday 14th March 2026. Apply by 14 September 2025 📅

Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · Aug 4

We're thrilled to announce 2025 International Booker Prize winner Deepa Bhasthi as Wasafiri's inaugural International Translator in Residence, in partnership with The SALT (South Asian Literature in Translation) Project!

Full announcement: buff.ly/sMjex7E

Peach yellow gradient background with a picture of Deepa Bhasthi and text announcing her as inaugural Translator in Residence at Wasafiri in partnership with The SALT Project

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · Jul 28

ANNAH, INFINITE comes out AUG 19. Terima Kasih Byk kl sdh pesan. Pre-orders mean a lot to authors, so I’m v thankful for all yr support.

Enormously grateful for this blurb from Preti Taneja. (Blurbers are part of this book, readers are part of this book 🙏🏼)

www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...

‘A major work on language and translation, art-reading and writing, race, femininity and, above all, on pain. It has a definitive and reclamatory power, combining elegy with research and personal experience in a way that is scholarly, expressive, and immensely readable.’ —Preti Taneja

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The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social · Jul 3

“Mepo had worked hard to plow the field and make it as pliable as a soft mattress. Forget about weeds; he did not leave even a single stray blade of grass standing.”

A story by Jhaverchand Meghani, translated from the Gujarati by Jenny Bhatt @jennybhatt. buff.ly/R1lWe61

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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · Jul 22

There are just ✨5 slots left ✨ in the Summer ALTA Multilingual Translation Workshops, which will be held August 18-23. Don't miss your opportunity to come together in a small group of translators with the stellar Arunava Sinha or Shelley Fairweather-Vega over Zoom. Register today!

2025 Summer Multilingual Translation Workshops

Multilingual Translation Workshops pair 6 literary translators with an established translator leader for a 105-minute workshop via Zoom.

www.eventbrite.com

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · Jul 22

Great submission opportunity for translators!

Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social · Jul 22

ICYMI!

We're open to translations of poems from any language, on any theme.

Deadline: 15 August

Please spread the word! ✨

@stephenspender.bsky.social @worldlittoday.bsky.social @poetrytranslation.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social @littranslate.bsky.social @catranslation.bsky.social

Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are now open for general submissions.

Submit translations of poems from any language into English.

Deadline: 15 August 2025. modernpoetryintranslation.submittable.com/submit/10070...

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Manan Ahmed @sepoy.bsky.social · Jul 11

Narendra Pachkhédé on C.M. Naim who "refused both the nostalgia of the diaspora and the sentimentality of cultural nationalism. His was a critical love – tender, exacting, and utterly unsentimental."

C. M. Naim and the Many Lives of Urdu

He stood, ultimately, for what might be called the aesthetics of ethical clarity. His writing was never merely beautiful, it was responsible.

thewire.in

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thila Varghese, my @saltatchicago.bsky.social @littranslate.bsky.social mentee, is a Finalist for the Gabo Prize! Pls read her translation from Tamil of Sukirtharani’s ‘Those who were born with the land’. Tamil original included:

lunchticket.org/those-who-we...

Those who were born with the land - Lunch Ticket

Thila Vargese says Sukirthirani's poem, "Those who were born with the land", embodies the profound, inextricable connection among people, their environment, and the heritage they’ve carried across gen...

lunchticket.org

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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.bsky.social · Jun 18

I took my time over this collection of essays, and recommend that you do too. These writers present readers with much to consider when thinking about translation—from personal stories of getting into the work, thoughts on how to cope with racism and … 💙📚

hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/r...

River in an Ocean: Essays on Translation. Edited by Nuzhat Abbas.

223 pp. Published June 1, 2023 by trace press. Non-fiction/essays. I took my time over this collection of essays, and recommend that you do too. These writers present readers with much to consider …

hararereview.wordpress.com

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Daisy Rockwell @shreedaisy.bsky.social · Jun 17

A huge congratulations to Mehdi Khawaja, winner of the @armorysqprize.bsky.social for his translation from Kashmiri of To Their His Own Hell, by Akhtar Mohiuddin! 💐💐💐

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