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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 29/09/2026

We're excited to announce the first Translator to Translator event series at CAT featuring conversations about the intersections of literature, activism, and identity. This series is designed to strengthen our translator community and bring new voices into the discussion. +

Graphic featuring our first Translator to Translator: Translating Diaspora, an event series curated by Jon Cho-Polizzi, featuring Aaron Coleman.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 29/09/2026

This Sunday, Oct. 4! Visit @twolinespress and CAT at the @litquake Book Fair in Yerba Buena Gardens, from 11 am to 4 pm. Come say 👋, check out the latest titles by Two Lines and hear about our events, publishing, and education program 📚️.

Graphic featuring the text: Two Lines Press & CAT at Litquake, October 4, 11 am - 4 pm, in San Francisco, CA, along with Two Lines Press' Night Train, Splendor, and Swell book covers.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 24/09/2026

#DayofTranslation: At 7pm ET, Emily Wilson (@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social) dives into how revisiting classic works allows us to shift our perceptions & interpretations of the texts & of the process of translation. RSVP for the livestream by 6:45 pm EST to join (tix include a book): buff.ly/MkO2ZC3

Graphic featuring Emily Wilson's photo and the cover of her latest book "Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea", announcing the keynote conversation for Day of Translation 2026.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 24/09/2026

#DayofTranslation: The last panel starts at 5:15pm ET. Panelists will discuss why literary translators should see themselves as workers, how building solidarity among translators will lead to better working conditions across the industry ,& more! buff.ly/MkO2ZC3

Graphic featuring the third panel for Day of Translation 2026. A RADICAL PROPOSAL features Soleil David, Kira Josefsson, Frances Riddle, and Jeremy Tiang.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 24/09/2026

#DayofTranslation: Our next panel starts at 3:45 pm ET. Panelists Seta Astreou-Karides, Zeina G. Halabi, Katharine Halls, Sabrina Jaszi, & Ena Selimović will showcase four feminist collectives working at the margins of the Anglo-European mainstream. RSVP: buff.ly/MkO2ZC3

Graphic featuring the second panel for Day of Translation 2026 - CARE, COLLABORATION, TRANSFORMATION features Seta Astreou-Karides, Zeina G. Halabi, Katharine Halls, Sabrina Jaszi, and Ena Selimović.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 24/09/2026

#DayofTranslation: Our 1st panel starts at 2:15 pm ET. Join a diverse group of translators with disabilities as they explore disability in translation both as a lived experience and creative lens. RSVP is required for in-person attendance and to access the livestream. Join us! buff.ly/MkO2ZC3

Graphic featuring THE ART OF EMBODIED TRANSLATION panel with Nichole Gleisner, Jeffrey Zuckerman, Paige Aniyah Morris and Amanda Sarasien.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 24/09/2026

TODAY! 💫 Join us for a day full of panels celebrating the power of human connection across languages at our 7th Day of Translation! In-person at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY and livestreamed worldwide (rsvp or ticket required): buff.ly/EbyZA3b

Day of Translation, September 24, 2026 in Brooklyn at The Center for Fiction.

Graphic featuring headshots of writers and translators, participants of the Day of Translation 2026.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 23/09/2026

Tomorrow/Thursday! 💫 Join us for a day full of panels celebrating the power of human connection across languages at our 7th Day of Translation! In-person at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY and livestreamed worldwide (rsvp or ticket required). We hope to see you there: buff.ly/EbyZA3b

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 17/09/2026

💫 Next Thursday, Sept. 24! Join us for our 7th annual Day of Translation at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY (or online via livestream). +

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 16/09/2026

Join us at Villa Albertine in New York City, Sept. 25 at 3 pm ET, for a conversation with translators Allison Markin Powell and Katrine Øgaard Jensen in led by Han Zhang on how to support the literary translation ecosystem. More info & RSVP here: buff.ly/1PeKXcu

Graphic featuring the event The New Landscape of Literary Translation with Allison Markin Powell and Katrine Øgaard Jensen in conversation with Han Zhang, Sept. 25 at 3pm ET at Villa Albertine in New York City.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 10/09/2026

📣 We're hiring our first People & Culture Director (PCD), a new full-time, hybrid role working from our San Francisco office 2-3 days/week that will shape the practices and culture of our organization. +

Graphic in orange background announcing the new People & Culture job opportunity at the Center for the Art of Translation.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 21/08/2026

We’re excited to introduce "Translating Words, Creating Worlds: Poetry Inside Out as Critical Literacy and Translanguaging Pedagogy in K-12 Classrooms" (@myersedpress.bsky.social) +

Book cover of Translating Words, Creating Worlds

Orange background graphic featuring a quote by Cindy Ballenger, Author of Teaching is Inquiry: Observation and Reflection as the Heart of Practice. The quote reads: This book is sorely needed today where there is less and less time for learning with and from one's students.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 06/08/2026

A stellar lineup of translators and panels celebrating the power of human connection across languages at our 7th annual Day of Translation! 💫 🗓️ Sep 24, 2-8 pm ET In-person at @center4fiction in Brooklyn, NY and livestreamed worldwide (rsvp or ticket required) +

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 31/07/2026

Announcing the keynote conversation for Day of Translation 2026! ✨️ A revolutionary force in translation, Emily Wilson (@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social) dives into how revisiting classic works allows us to shift our perceptions and interpretations of the texts & of the process and power of translation. +

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 30/07/2026

📣 We're hiring for two new in-person positions in San Francisco! @twolinespress.com is hiring a full-time Press Administrator to support the administration of the press, including maintaining the submissions management system, customer service & membership coordination, mailing & fulfillment +

Graphic announcing a new job opportunity at Two Lines Press. Text reads: We're Hiring, Role: Press Administrator.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 30/07/2026

Our third panel for Day of Translation 2026 is A RADICAL PROPOSAL: Literary Translators as Workers with Soleil Davíd (@soleildahveed.bsky.social), Kira Josefsson (@kirajosefsson.bsky.social), Frances Riddle, and Jeremy Tiang (@jeremytiang.bsky.social). 🔖 +

Graphic featuring the second panel for Day of Translation 2026. A RADICAL PROPOSAL features Soleil David, Kira Josefsson, Frances Riddle, and Jeremy Tiang.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 29/07/2026

The second panel for Day of Translation is CARE, COLLABORATION, TRANSFORMATION, featuring Seta Astreou-Karides, Zeina G. Halabi (joining remotely), Katharine Halls, Sabrina Jaszi, and Ena Selimović.

Graphic featuring the third panel for Day of Translation 2026 - CARE, COLLABORATION, TRANSFORMATION features Seta Astreou-Karides, Zeina G. Halabi, Katharine Halls, Sabrina Jaszi, and Ena Selimović.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 28/07/2026

Our 1st panel for Day of Translation 2026 will feature Nichole Gleisner, Paige Aniyah Morris, Amanda Sarasien (@amandasarasien.bsky.social), & Jeffrey Zuckerman (@jmz.bsky.social), THE ART OF EMBODIED TRANSLATION will explore disability in translation as both a lived experience & a creative lens. +

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 27/07/2026

We’re excited to announce the lineup for Day of Translation 2026 💫 This year’s program celebrates the deeply human elements of the art of translation, featuring 3 free, provocative panels and a featured keynote by Emily Wilson (@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social), and our community afterparty! +

Graphic announcing the Day of Translation, Sep 24, 2026, at the Center for Fiction, in Brooklyn, NY.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 24/07/2026

👀 Our home for literary translation is taking shape in San Francisco, and we’re so excited to share this quick behind-the-scenes look at our work in progress! We've literally raised the roof and more than 84% of our $17 million goal. +

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 01/07/2026

Save the date! ✨️On 9/25 our annual Day of Translation returns to The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY (& via livestream). This event celebrates the deeply human elements of the craft of literary translation, featuring dynamic panels, insightful conversations, & a featured keynote.

Graphic announcing the Day of Translation, September 24, 2026 at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 25/06/2026

🌻 Spring recap! Here's a look at some of our recent events. We love coming together to celebrate the work of translators and authors & create opportunities for community conversations. Did you miss any of these events? Sign up for our newsletter & stay tuned for our fall programming: buff.ly/aiGe61g

Photo of translator Allison Markin Powell (left) with Kanako Nishi, author of the Japanese novel Sakura, at our event at Black Bird Bookstore.

Translator Sabrina Jaszi reads from her translation of “The Loose-Haired Women", published in I Was Alive Here Once: Ghost Stories, by Two Lines Press.

Author Juliana Leite (right), translator Zoë Perry, and writer Yalitza Ferreras at the launch of Exemplary Humans at The Ruby SF.

Translator of Night Train, Jeremy Tiang (left) with poet and translator Eleanor Goodman at the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 12/06/2026

Looking for your next read? Our Bay Area indie bookseller friends at Niebla, @ebbooksellers.bsky.social, and @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social shared literary translation titles you’ll want to add to your TBR this summer ☀️⛱️.   Read the full list here: buff.ly/0j3rDCv

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 04/06/2026

We’re proud to be a @literaryartsfund.bsky.social grant recipient! 💫 As we work on building a permanent home and expanding our programming, this award comes at a transformative moment for CAT. Huge thanks to the Literary Arts Fund & all our supporters! Learn more about our work at buff.ly/3GfKHI4.

Graphic announcing the 2026 Literary Arts Fund General Operating Grant Awardee.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 31/05/2026

At 1:30pm, join us for the panel "Dark Nights of the Soul: Mental Health in Translation" with NIGHT TRAIN translator @jeremytiang.bsky.social and Tatiana Țîbuleac, moderated by Rita Bullwinkel. More info here: buff.ly/XKjMoKf

Graphic featuring the panel Dark Nights of the Soul: Mental Health in Translation with Jeremy Tiang and Tatiana Țîbuleac in conversation with Rita Bullwinkel. Sunday, May 31 at 1:30pm at The Marsh Cabaret in Berkeley.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 31/05/2026

TODAY! See you at the Two Lines Press / Center for the Art of Translation booth #97 at the Bay Area Book Festival's Bookworm Block Party in Berkeley!

Graphic announcing Two Lines Press & CAT at the Bay Area Book Festival May 31, 11am - 5pm, in Berkeley, CA.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 20/05/2026

It's today! Join our translation book club, 12 pm PST, at the Mechanics' Institute in SF OR from anywhere via Zoom. This month's pick is CELESTIAL BODIES written by Jokha Alharthi, translated from Arabic by Marilyn Booth (@catapultbooks.bsky.social). RSVP: buff.ly/Y3sTMoA

Graphic featuring our next book club on May 20, 12pm PT at the Mechanic's Institute and online via Zoom. May's selection is Celestial Bodies written by Jokha Alharthi and translated by Marilyn Booth.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 07/05/2026

Don't miss our next translation book club 📖, May 20, 12 pm PST at the Mechanic's Institute in SF OR join from anywhere via Zoom. This month's pick is CELESTIAL BODIES written by Jokha Alharthi, translated from Arabic by Marilyn Booth (@catapultbooks.bsky.social). RSVP: buff.ly/Y3sTMoA

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 01/05/2026

📣 Last day to submit a panel proposal for the Day of Translation 2026! Send your ideas to us by MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. The Center for the Art of Translation will offer round-trip transportation to New York, lodging, and honoraria to accepted panelists. More info here: buff.ly/pEQPatx

Graphic featuring open call for panel submissions for the Day of Translation, presented by the Center for the art of Translation and The Center for Fiction. Deadline is May 1st.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 30/04/2026

This is just a glimpse of what you helped us accomplish last year! Your support connected readers with stories from around the world all year long. And we have so many plans for the year ahead! Read our 2025 impact report here. buff.ly/IYMSeVl

Graphic featuring the 2025 Impact Report. Text reads: The Next Chapter

Graphic featuring a quote from our President Michael Holtmann: "In this challenging time our task is to make space for creativity and complexity. It is up to us to draw on global literature to build connections across our differences."

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 29/04/2026

Join us today! Daniel Hahn will talk about Shakespeare in translation with our own President Michael Holtmann and Carla Pantoja w/ bilingual performances by SF Shakespeare Festival actors! 🎭️ At The Drawing Room; doors open 6 PM. Event will begin at 6:30 PM. RSVP here: buff.ly/5t0LNUs

Graphic featuring the event If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation with Daniel Hahn, Michael Holtmann and Carla Pantoja. The event will be held at The Drawing Room: Annex on April 29. Doors open 6 pm and event begins 6:30 pm.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 24/04/2026

There’s still time to submit a panel proposal for the Day of Translation 2026! The event is a day-long celebration of language and literature, held Sept. 24 at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn! Have an idea for a panel? Send it our way by May 1: buff.ly/pEQPatx

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 21/04/2026

Help us build on work we've done as a nonprofit over the past 26, and (finally) create a permanent home for translators, readers, and the literary community 📚️ 💫. Visit catranslation.org/sf-literary-hub and join us!

Graphic featuring a quote from Aaron Coleman, translator, poet, and professor of English & Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. Text reads: In a world where it's so difficult for us to find the time and space and energy to listen to each other and to connect, translation is all about cultivating that capacity. CAT is positioning itself to do that work in a really exciting way.

Graphic featuring photos of Two Lines Press' books, translator Megan McDowell and author Jazmina Barrera. Text reads: Join us. Opening 2027.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 20/04/2026

Tonight! Join @matsthepoet.bsky.social and Forrest Gander at @booksonthepark.bsky.social in San Francisco, at 7pm 💫. Register here: buff.ly/6J7KbtD

Graphic featuring the event Mats Mats Söderlund on Eskatos & The Stretched Necks of Stillness with Forrest Gander, April 20, 7 pm PDT, at Green Apple Books on the Park.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 20/04/2026

Our new space will provide technical resources and venue access to other literary and arts organizations struggling with displacement and rental costs in San Francisco. We want to expand the cross-cultural community in the city and invite our neighbors in! buff.ly/OlXwycS

Graphic featuring a quote from Paul Yamazaki, Principal Buyer at City Lights. Text reads: The most significant literary event in San Francisco since the opening of City Lights.

Graphic featuring a rendering of our new building, located at the corner of Leidesdorff and Commercial in downtown San Francisco. Text reads: Opening 2027, Help open our doors.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 18/04/2026

Tonight! Writer and artist Kanako Nishi and translator Allison Markin Powell present Kanako’s novel SAKURA. They'll be in conversation with Marie Mutsuki Mockett at Black Bird Bookstore & Cafe in the Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco at 7 pm: buff.ly/hCk4J8u

Graphic featuring the event: Kanako Nishi & Allison Markin Powell on Sakura with Marie Mutsuki Mockett, April 18, 7pm, at Black Bird Bookstore & Café in San Francisco.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 17/04/2026

The Center for the Art of Translation's new public home will provide translators and the literary community a place to gather, learn, and discover new global voices and perspectives for years to come. 🌟 Help us create a lighthouse for readers: www.catranslation.org/sf-literary-...

Graphic featuring a quote from Jazmina Barrera, National Book Award Finalist & Two Lines Press Author. Text reads: At a time when the founds for literature, for translation, for humanities all around the country are being cut, I see the Center for the Art of Translation as a refuge, but it also a lighthouse.

Graphic featuring a rendering of our new building at the corner of Leidesdorff and Commercial in downtown San Francisco. Text reads: Opening 2027, Help open our doors.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 16/04/2026

We need spaces where people can connect across cultures and languages. With your help, we’re building exactly that kind of place—where readers, translators, and writers can gather around stories from around the world. Learn how you can join us at catranslation.org/sf-literary-hub

Graphic with a quote from Michael Holtmann, President of the Center for the Art of Translation, alongside his photo. Text reads: The Center for the Art of Translation will be a cultural anchor for a city that desperately needs places where people gather around ideas, not algorithms.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 15/04/2026

A Dream 26 Years in the Making—A message from our founder and board chair, Olivia Sears, announcing our new permanent home. Learn more about how we started and what we’re building now: buff.ly/tr4z7yH

Graphic featuring a quote from Olivia Sears, Translator, Founder and Board Chair of the Center for the Art of Translation, alongside her photo. Text reads: When I founded the Center over two decades ago, I was already imagining a physical space in San Francisco where language meet, stories cross, and people recognize their connection to one another.

Graphic featuring two renderings of our new building, located at the corner of Leidesdorff and Commercial in downtown San Francisco. Text reads: Opening 2027, Help open our doors.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 15/04/2026

We're excited to hear @olgaravn.bsky.social talk about her new novel, THE WAX CHILD, translated by Martin Aitken. Join us today at The Center for Fiction (7 pm ET) or in Downtown SF for a live remote viewing (4 pm PDT). You can also livestream this event worldwide. Register at buff.ly/MDjtRlU

Graphic featuring the event with Olga Ravn on The Wax Child, April 15, 7 pm ET, at the Center for Fiction, in person and livestreamed.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 14/04/2026

The Center for the Art of Translation is excited to announce the public phase of our $17M capital campaign to build a permanent literary and cultural center in downtown San Francisco steps from the Transamerica Pyramid. 🌁

Graphic featuring the text: After 26 years, the Center for the Art of Translation is opening a permanent public home in San Francisco--affirming that writers and translators are essential to civic life and inviting readers to encounter the world and each other with curiosity and understanding.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 13/04/2026

Next Monday! @matsthepoet.bsky.social celebrates his award-winning English-language debut, ESKATOS & THE STRETCHED NECKS OF STILLNESS, in conversation with Forrest Gander at @booksonthepark.bsky.social in San Francisco. Register here: buff.ly/6J7KbtD

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 13/04/2026

📣 NYPL’s #WorldLitArtsFest is back, April 15–30! Celebrate the many languages and cultures of NYC with a full lineup of free events for all ages. Check out their list of author talks, performances, bilingual storytimes, writing workshops, and much more. nypl.org/worldlitartsfest

Graphic featuring the New York Public Library’s World Literature & Arts Festival

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 11/04/2026

Next Saturday! Writer and artist Kanako Nishi and translator Allison Markin Powell present Kanako’s novel SAKURA. They'll be in conversation with Marie Mutsuki Mockett at Black Bird Bookstore & Cafe in the Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco-April 18 at 7 pm: buff.ly/hCk4J8u

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 08/04/2026

Save the date! On April 29 Daniel Hahn will talk about Shakespeare in translation with our own President Michael Holtmann and Carla Pantoja w/ bilingual performances by SF Shakespeare Festival actors!  🎭️ At The Drawing Room; doors open 6 PM. Event will begin at 6:30 PM. RSVP here: buff.ly/5t0LNUs

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 08/04/2026

Next Wednesday! @olgaravn.bsky.social introduces her new novel, THE WAX CHILD, translated by Martin Aitken, at The Center for Fiction, 4/15, 7 pm ET! A live remote viewing will be held at CAT in San Francisco, 4 pm PDT. You can also livestream this event worldwide. Register at buff.ly/MDjtRlU

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 07/04/2026

Announcing the EXEMPLARY HUMANS Book Tour with stops in SF, DC, and NYC! 📗 Traveling from Brazil, author Juliana Leite and translator @zoeperry.bsky.social celebrate the English-language debut out from @twolinespress.com! 💚 More info and RSVP on our website: buff.ly/Gv0L0LI

Graphic announcing Exemplary Humans Book Tour April 21-24 in San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Brooklyn, NY.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 06/04/2026

Tonight! Join us for a conversation between @maxlawton.bsky.social & Sean Thor Conroe about the life and work of Italian author Antonio Moresco. The event will be held in-person at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, and livestreamed on Zoom. If you want to join us online, register here: buff.ly/1OxJErP

Graphic featuring the event Max Lawton on Antonio Moresco's The Beginnings with Sean Thor Conroe, at City Lights Bookstore, April 6, 7 pm PDT.

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 02/04/2026

On tour from Tokyo, writer and artist Kanako Nishi and translator Allison Markin Powell present Kanako’s breakout novel SAKURA. They'll be in conversation with Marie Mutsuki Mockett at Black Bird Bookstore & Café in the Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco on April 18 at 7 pm: buff.ly/hCk4J8u

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 01/04/2026

💫 Open Call for Panel Submissions! Day of Translation 2026 is a day-long celebration of language and literature, featuring dynamic panels on translation. This year, the event will be held Sept. 24 at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn! Have an idea for a panel? Submit by May 1: buff.ly/pEQPatx

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