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Translated Hugo Initiative

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A fan project to propose a Hugo for Translated Speculative Fiction, and to share resources and excitement about global SF. https://translatedhugo.org/

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Translated Hugo Initiative @translatedhugo.bsky.social · Jul 3

Hello, Bluesky! This is a weird day to go live with this project, but: this is an initiative to add a Translated Speculative Fiction category to the Hugo Awards. If you are a fan of global SF, and want to put some more "World" in "Worldcon", check out our site! Lots more to come.
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The Translated Hugo Initiative

Putting the World in Worldcon

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Charco Press @charcopress.com · 8d

We are very proud to announce that both RESTORATION by Ave Barrera (tr. Ellen Jones and Robin Myers) and CHILCO by Daniela Catrilaeo (tr. by Jacob Edelstein, in FSG's lovely edition) are finalists for the 2025 Cercador Prize! A huge thanks to the judges, and congratulations to all the finalists.

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · 8d

HELLO EVERYBODY IT'S THAT TIME (LATIN-AMERICAN HORROR IN TRANSLATION FOR THE OVERLAP OF HISPANIC HISTORY & SPOOKY MONTH) AGAIN, HERE IS MY THREADDDD

Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · Oct 4

OKAY FOLKS FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKED FOR IT*
MY THREAD OF LATIN-AMERICAN HORROR IN TRANSLATION FOR THE PERFECT BOOK FOR THE OVERLAP OF HISPANIC HISTORY & SPOOKY MONTHS

*nobody asked but I KNOW WHAT YOU SECRETLY WANT 1/

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Hamilton Cain @hamiltoncain.bsky.social · 8d

The great Argentine writer Mariana Enriquez is back with "Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave," a literary travelogue like no other, gorgeously translated by Megan McDowell. Out today from Hogarth Books. Here's my review for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Review: Mariana Enriquez explores cemeteries around the world and the cultures they mirror

Argentine writer Mariana Enriquez guides us around 21 of the world’s most distinctive cemeteries in a collection of essays percolating with social commentary.

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Paweł Ausir Dembowski @ausir.bsky.social · 18d

This year's Żuławski Awards have been announced.

The Żuławski Award is awarded to Polish science fiction and fantasy novels by a jury composed of academic literary scholars (each with at least a doctorate). I don't think there's any English-language equivalent of that?

Jerzy Żuławski Award Winners

By Paweł Dembowski: At Copernicon in Toruń, Poland (birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus, hence name) on September 20 the Jerzy Żuławski Award (Nagroda im. Jerzego Żułaskiego) was presented. Winner:&n…

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 19d

Happy Friday!! Today we're bringing you some fantasy, science fiction, and horror book recs from Argentina and Argentinian authors--happy reading! 🇦🇷

Six books on a plum purple background. Text in the middle reads “Argentinian SFF”. The books are Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez; Eartheater by Dolores Reyes; Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin; Out of the Cage by Fernanda García Lao; The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica; and Kalpa Imperial by Angélica Gorodischer

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 20d

I think if you signed the @translatedhugo.bsky.social petition, you might be interested in this ko-fi that's crowdfunding the African Translation Project!

Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 20d

well we blew past this to 1037 contributors! Fantastic!

Keep sharing
Keep donating
Keep going

for the African Translation Project

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Translated Hugo Initiative @translatedhugo.bsky.social · 22d

Very good & interesting research here:

Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 22d

Big essay out by @sdileonardi.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social today, drawing on 100 years of translations and bestseller data to show that the US has seen three waves of translation: European; Latin American Boom; Nordic Noir. And what this means for us.
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How Translations Sell: Three U.S. Eras of International Bestsellers - Public Books

A translation renaissance in US publishing just ended. And you probably missed it.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 24d

Is there any fiction in translation from transfemme authors writing in Arabic or Chinese?

Obviously there are difficulties in those parts of the world for "trans fiction," but I'm curious if there's anything out there.

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Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 28d

It's really nice when we have customers come in to buy books off the National Book Awards longlist for translated literature.

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Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 29d

A few translators I always read, as much for their skill as for the novels/authors they choose to translate. Alex Zucker tops that list and his latest, PLAYING WOLF, by Czech author Zuzana Říhová, fits squarely in one of my favorite genres: literary fiction enhanced by horror tropes.

on Playing Wolf, a novel by Zuzana Říhová, translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker – On the Seawall

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Translated Hugo Initiative @translatedhugo.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hello, translated spec fic readers! We apparently had some kind of secret settings update that locked our signatory page, but it should be fixed now! See who's onboard, sign with the link at the top if you haven't already, and share widely:
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Signatories

Supporters of the Translated Hugo Initiative

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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · Sep 2

This is the fourth book by Mariana Enriquez that I’ve worked on. I’ve loved each one. If you haven’t read her yet, no time like the present to get started.

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Damián Neri @damianneriart.bsky.social · Aug 24

If you can read Spanish, I hope you like Sofón, Issue 1. It includes 17 SFF short stories and poems in Spanish, which I really enjoyed reading, editing, and putting together. Sofón is the third speculative fiction magazine from Mexico that pays its authors. I also did the cover art ^u^

Sofón, Issue 1. Speculative fiction magazine in Spanish. It features 17 short stories and poems by authors from Mexico, Spain, Cuba, and Morocco.

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Paweł Ausir Dembowski @ausir.bsky.social · Aug 30

That said, the most uniquely Polish word for a spaceship is Stanisław Lem's "próżniopław" ("voidswimmer") which some writers have been trying to bring back

próżniopław
statek kosmiczny, kosmolot, gwiazdolot.
1964: Stanisław Lem, Jak Erg Samowzbudnik bladawca pokonał, w: Bajki robotów
Król długo się opierał, cały park kazał przeszukać, ale w końcu przystał na te warunki. Jakoż przysposobiono próżniopław do lotu, a bladawca pod strażą wyprowadzono z klatki.
1965: Stanisław Lem, Bajka o trzech maszynach opowiadających króla Genialona, w: Cyberiada
Sławny Konstruktor Trurl, lecąc swą okolicą, olśniony został przez pewną kometę o jaskrawym ogonie. I opędzał się od niej, wyrzucając przez okno próżniopławu to, co mu akurat nawinęło się pod rękę, a były to szachy podróżne, puste w środku, które wypełniał był dawniej okowitą, beczki po prochu, którego nie udało się wymyślić Warłajom z gwiazdy Chloreley, jako też różne stare naczynia, a wśród nich pęknięty garnek gliniany.
1987: Poul Anderson, Sam Hall, tłum. Rafał Brzeski, w: „Fantastyka” 6/1987
Upchnięty gdzieś na ponurej planecie, gdzie pełni rolę strażnika i kata stęsknionych, głodujących i ginących od radiacji więźniów, nie mających nawet szansy ujrzenia światła słonecznego. Nadejdzie dzień, kiedy Jack zajmie koję w porządnym próżniopławie.
2012: Marcin Przybyłek, Czas silnych istot, tom II
Razem mielibyśmy miliard pięćset cztery miliony maszyn. Z grubsza licząc. Przeciwnik ma pięćdziesiąt milionów próżniopławów. Dałoby to nam trzydziestokrotną przewagę
2016: Marcin Podlewski, Głębia. Powrót
To nie niszczyciel lub krążownik, a stary kosmiczny próżniopław z rdzeniem typu Light Endless Might, przez lata zagubiony w Głębi.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Aug 30

ok this is super exciting. The two Kurdish novels I’ve read — Every Fire You Tend and The Last Pomegranate Tree — were both terrific. Maximum support to Henar Press

ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · Aug 30

Also particularly excited to spread the word about a new Kurdish publishing house, Henar Press, henarpress.org, which also has this Kurdish Literary Database (henarpress.org/database) of Kurdish works in English translated from Sorani Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic, Kurmanji, German, Farsi, & more.

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Studies in the Fantastic @fantastic-journal.bsky.social · Aug 28

Inspired by the legend of Desolación, step into the eerie tale of “The Woman Who Buys Children” by Gabriela Rábago Palafox, translated by M. Elizabeth Ginway and Enrique Muñoz-Mantas—where a mysterious old woman trades children like currency. muse.jhu.edu/pub/235/arti...

#ShortStory #DarkFolkTale

a person standing on a set of stairs with a window in the background

ALT: a person standing on a set of stairs with a window in the background

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · Aug 27

Wednesday's SH review is from Sneha Pathak, on @blaft.bsky.social's Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction. This is a really interesting piece on a super-valuable collection, which "plays an important role in bringing more readers to the rich and varied world of purely entertaining, juicy pulp fiction."

The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction edited by Rakesh Khanna, translated by Vishwambhari S. Parmar

Parmar, who has translated writings by various authors, of various lengths, and belonging to different sub-genres, giving a detailed picture of the pulp writing scene, both as it was and as it has …

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · Aug 25

Also spotted at Indigo Bay & Bloor: CENTRAL STATION by @lavietidhar.bsky.social, as well as THE BEST OF WORLD SF (edited by Tidhar)!

Former published by @tachyonpub.bsky.social; latter published by @headofzeus.bsky.social.

Photo of a bookstore shelf — of note are the three copies of Lavie Tidhar’s CENTRAL STATION

Photo of a bookstore shelf — of note is THE BEST OF WORLD SF, Volume 1, edited by Lacie Tidhar.

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DNTLZ @dntlz.bsky.social · Aug 22

Did you know that August is Women in Translation Month, and that you can read this translated novella in literally one sitting?

Hache Pueyo 🕷️🗝️ @hachepueyo.bsky.social · Aug 14

BUT NOT TOO BOLD has been out in the world for six months! This book has went further than I ever expected, and I'm grateful for everyone who has read it, talked about it and spread the word, both in the original Brazilian Portuguese and the translated English edition 🕷🗝

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A copy of BUT NOT TOO BOLD among a bed of flowers.

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Translated Hugo Initiative @translatedhugo.bsky.social · Aug 22

"It’s not overly dramatic to say that we risk losing the capacity for cultures to understand one another better if we’re all simply feeding output into each other’s automated translation systems."

A must-read—depressing and sobering, but also a call to arms:

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Aug 21

Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.

This is how AI is killing translation work:

AI Killed My Job: Translators

Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · Aug 21

I last posted about this with everyone at Worldcon, so I'd appreciate a boost if you're willing as the world is noisy and full of horror, but the African SF Novels and Novellas Bundle - curated by Eugen Bacon, is still going strong at StoryBundle, and includes 2 of my novels!

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StoryBundle

Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesome ebooks and more!

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James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social · Aug 20

Steel of the Celestial Shadows, volume 1 by Daruma Matsuura (Translated by Caleb D. Cook)

What dire motivation drove beautiful, rich Tsuki to marry a pitiful wretch like Ryudo?

jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/touch...

Touch Me Not

2020’s Steel of the Celestial Shadows, Volume One is the first tankōbon of Daruma Matsuura’s historical fantasy manga series. The 2024 English translation is by Caleb D. Cook. A samurai should be skil...

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · Aug 19

LAcon V is just about a year away, and we're still looking to fill a few volunteer positions.

Check our previous posts for some specific roles we're looking to fill, or read on.

Volunteers – LAcon V

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Paweł Ausir Dembowski @ausir.bsky.social · Aug 17

I've started work on a Polish Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction inspired by @jessesword.com's work in English, and it's fun to track how Polish SF vocabulary has developed due to its various influences

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Translated Hugo Initiative @translatedhugo.bsky.social · Aug 17

*Extremely* good display by @nookandcrannybooks.bsky.social in the #Worldcon dealer room, go snag some of these before they close up!

A display shelf of ~20 translated SFF books from a variety of languages, in beautiful editions.

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