Immigration
Bill on Transparency in Foreign Worker Programs Introduced in House
It is a small step in the right direction; it will not go far immediately (if ever), but a highly commendable effort is being made ……Read More
Lifestyle
Books
Poets and Translators: Submit Now for Brunel University African Poetry Prize
Submissions for the Brunel University African Poetry Prize opened October 1. Submissions — from African poets who have not yet published a book-length work, and/or their translators – will ……Read More
Books
Neither Foreignizing Nor Domesticating: On Translating Arabic Plays into English
Mohammed Albakry recently published “Between the Human and the Foreign: Translating Arabic Drama for the Stage,” in which he discusses the particular obstacles of translating Arabic ……Read More
Books
Nobel Prize Announcement Thursday: Arabs in the Betting
The winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature will be revealed this Thursday. There’s no way of knowing who is on the Swedish Academy’s ……Read More
Books
Can a Translator Develop His Own Style?
The AUC Press recently posted a video in which they talk to esteemed Arabic-English translator Humphrey Davies about the craft of translation: The first thing ……Read More
Books
Calls for Submissions: Magazines Seeking Translated Work
Translators with short pieces on your hands, or the desire to have short pieces on your hands, this is for you: 111O: For our eighth ……Read More