National Translation Month (NTM)

The 8th edition of National Translation Month was a tremendous success! We’re very grateful to all the authors, translators, and event organizers who celebrated with us, and to our 6,000+ followers on social media whom we sought to inspire and engage. We close National Translation Month 2020 on a high note: September 30 is celebrated […]

As part of our commitment to featuring the work of women writers and translators, we’re excited to share today seven poems by the Costa Rican-born poet, Anabelle Aguilar Brealey, translated from Spanish by Diana Manole. These beautiful poems are part of Aguilar Brealey’s anthology “She-Wolf Trail” that includes selections from nine poetry books. The poems, […]

We’re excited to share with you today an excerpt from the autobiographical writings of the award-winning poet and writer, Franca Mancinelli, translated from the Italian by John Taylor. Inside the Horizon of Hills evokes her hometown of Fano, on the Adriatic coast, where she was born in 1981, and its immediate hinterland. Her poetic prose […]

Today, we’re excited to share a selection of new translations of Romanian poetry: an excerpt from The God’s Orbit by Aura Christi translated by Adam J. Sorkin and Petru Iamandi, as well as several poems by Traian T. Coșovei translated by Adam J. Sorkin and Andreea Iulia Scridon. These poems have in common the searing […]

We’re happy to feature again this year new translations from the Hausa language: four poems by Ibrahim Malumfashi translated by Sada Malumfashi. Accompanying the poems, several evocative portraits and photos depicting the Nigerian way of life give the reader a more immersive experience. Hausa is a Chadic language with about 39 million speakers. It is […]