Elena Polydorou

Forever looking for distractions. Ruthless promoter of siestas.

[National Centre for Writing @WritersCentre]

Applications are OPEN for Emerging Translator Mentorships 2024 - 2025!

This year’s languages:

Arabic
Faroese
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Lithuanian
Polish
Languages of Singapore
Chronically ill translator Mentorship

Deadline: Mon 26 Aug 2024

https://t.co/AjnZnIU0Vu

[BrookesPoetryCentre @brookespoetry]

The @StephenSpender Translation Prize is open for entries until 31 July. £1000 First Prize. Translate ANY poem from ANY language into English. Open to adults aged 18+ as well as schools, teachers & individual young people across the UK and Ireland: https://t.co/D816xuXjLw

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Today is the birthday (and death day) of William Shakespeare. This short thread serves as a reflection on the passage of time, love, beauty, mortality and the meaning of life 🧵

1. Dame Judi Dench, Sonnet 29

[Jen Calleja @niewview]

Just as we’re starting to get somewhere in convincing people that literary translation is an art that we also derive pleasure from, we’re about to hit ‘can you just edit this mess?’

“Generative AI proving major threat to the work of translators” https://t.co/qFGw7PLYon

[Independent Birmingham @IndependentBham]

We need to save The Electric. We urge all to sign this petition: https://t.co/pKQ6wulXFF

[Oxford Translates @OxTranslates]

We're privileged to have Sawad Hussain lead this year's workshop from Arabic > English!

Her translation of THE DJINN'S APPLE gained an @englishpen Translates Award.

Find out more below and apply to work with Sawad at Bristol Translates 2024!

[Oxford Translates @OxTranslates]

📢 Applications are open!

Bristol Translates is a Literary Translation Summer School taking place 1 -5 July 2024.

✅ Fully online & international
✅ Bursaries available
✅10+ languages

Search 'Bristol Translates' to find out more and apply!

[Ros Schwartz @RosSchwartz]

Newsflash!
Bristol Translates 2024: 10 into-English and 8 out-of English workshops: 3 days of hands-on sessions + 2 days of thematic workshops, industry talks and panel sessions. Apply now for early-bird discount.
@ITIUK @englishpen @Soc_of_Authors

[I Choose Birmingham @ichoosemag]

I'm giving away a SNOBS pin badge. Simply follow this account and retweet this tweet to enter the randomly picked prize draw. Winner picked on Monday, midday.
Don’t want to leave it to Lady Luck? Buy one for £9 here: https://t.co/0UPwPYlcSd

[Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow @commapress]

Calling English teachers in Manchester! We'd love to visit you in 2024 to give a translation workshop. Workshops are led by expert facilitators. Workshops are completely accessible and celebrate speaking additional languages.

Email [email protected] for more info

[Uwe Muegge @UweMuegge]

The #GettyMuseum seeks an #English > #Spanish #Translator / #Translation #Editor (annual salary: USD 66 868 - 88 604) in #LosAngeles, California, USA https://t.co/6yAaveDUEg jobs inhouse fulltime getty museum trust translation job traductor project coordinator t9n xl8

[Jérôme Devaux (PhD - SFHEA) @j_devaux]

The Open University is recruiting for a lecturer in French and Translation. More information here: https://t.co/uWtNPKHzdh

[Justin Sherin @wychstreet]

Judi Dench was on Graham Norton last night to push her new book about her life and work with Shakespeare. After making the point we quote Shakespeare daily without knowing it, this happened:

[Héloïse Press @HeloisePress]

📢📢📢We are looking for a translator from Polish into English who would be happy to edit a translation, or for an editor with knowledge of Polish📢📢📢

Genre: Literary Fiction
Start Date: mid January

DM if interested or can recommend someone!
@Read_WIT #Translations

[Will Forrester @official_foz]

🚨 UK publishers: #PENTranslates is open for submissions, closing 30 Nov.

🔴Funding up to 100% of translation costs.
🔵£1.1m of awards to 350 books so far.
🟠Translations from 90 languages & 156 publishers to date.

Made possible by @ace_national
https://t.co/Lt1VbZyH4w

[lucky7bhx @lucky7bhx]

TODAY IS THE DAY
Pimp my Noodles is here!
Noods are awesome. Quick to make, hard to fuck up, infinitely customisable and crazy delicious. What more could you ask for?

No bookings. First come first serve. When we sell out, it’s all gone! See you tonight 🍜