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Women in Translation Month: Sevinç Türkkan, Ann Goldstein & Jenny McPhee, and Inea Bushnaq

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Women in Translation Month: Moving Toward Parity

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If our reading skews overwhelmingly male, we miss out on what half the world has to say, in terms of both story and style. More

A View from the United States: The PEN America Translation Committee

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This is a fascinating time for literary translators into English, and a critical one. Where does the work of the PEN America Translation Committee fit into this changing landscape?… More

Retranslating, Publicizing, and Pitching: PEN Translation Committee Brings Its Expertise to BEA15

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Practical matters were the focus of the PEN America Translation Committee’s programming at this year’s BookExpo America, with panels on retranslating great works, publicizing international literature, and pitching translations… More

Transcript of Three Percent Podcast no. 91: “Translators, Rates, Money, and Unions”

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Czech translator and PEN Translation Committee cochair Alex Zucker sits down with Three Percent to discuss the business side of international literature in English. More

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