PEN America Celebrates Translators for Bridging Divisions Through Words
Translators are indispensable allies in our quest to cultivate communication among diverse peoples and culture. The help us develop a collective vision of a world anchored in human rights.… More
Translation Manifesto
Translation plays a role in the globalization of everything from forms of artistic expression to laws, scientific knowledge, and politics, and it frames how readers in the U.S., including… More
Translating the Future
The Translating the Future conference, co-sponsored by PEN America, commemorates and carries forward PEN’s 1970 World of Translation conference. More
Translations for Our Moment: A Reading List from the PEN Translation Committee
Amid the pandemic and worldwide protests against systemic racism, the PEN Translation Committee recommended books in translation that speak to this moment. More
Kenyan fable could be the most translated short story ever
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's fable of how humans learned to walk is the most translated short story in African history. More
Read These Women in Translation Now
In celebration of Women in Translation Month, Translationista invited a number of publishers to select one book each by a female author to be offered as part of a… More
PEN Announces 2014 Translation Fund Winners
From a field of 120 applicants, the Fund’s Advisory Board has selected fifteen projects for funding. More
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