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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 · 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 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.

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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Ms. Otoo @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

100% agree! My sister sent me this photo of #AdasRealm (translation of #AdasRaum) in Crystal Palace library 🥹🫶🏾 #SupportLocalLibraries cc @jpolizei.bsky.social

Photo of book "Ada's Realm" by Sharon Dodua Otoo on library shelf

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

“Cho-Polizzi's superb yet playful handling of the novel's polyphony was one of the reasons why this had to be this year's winner.”

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Congratulations to the winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for translations into English of full-length German works of literary merit and general interest: jpolizei.bsky.social for a translation of Djinns by Fatma Aydemir (Peirene Press).

Graphic says 2025 winner Jon Cho-Polizzi for a translation of Djinns by Fatma Aydemir (Peirene Press).

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 08/12/2025

😻 A generous donor is matching all Center for the Art of Translation donations up to $25,000, doubling every dollar you give in December and helping cover the loss of our NEA funding in 2026. Show your support--> www.catranslation.org/donate/

Your gift doubled. Donate by 12/31 to help us unlock a $25,000 match.

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Next we have the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for translations into English of full-length German works of literary merit and general interest.

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

and #djinns is back again with a spot on the shortlist for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social’s #schlegeltieckprize 😱 alongside some other heavy-hitters. congrats to all the translators shortlisted for #societyofauthors awards this year, it’s a real pleasure to be in your good company!

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

honored to have my #translation of fatma aydemir’s #djinns make the longlist 💞

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

really grateful for the opportunity to take part in this and excited about the ongoing work of building our community of #bipoc #translators in and beyond #alta48

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Hannah Fox @hannah-sakura.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Some interesting books on this longlist! I’ve been enjoying reading Kurdish writer Fatma Aydemir’s ‘Djinns’ lately (translated from German by @jpolizei.bsky.social). Looks like there are some other titles I need to add to my ever-growing “to read” pile!

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Announcing the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025! Featuring 10 languages, 12 publishers, 4 collections of poetry - and much more. The longlist travels from Argentina to South Korea, from Haiti to Romania, from Sweden to Slovenia. tinyurl.com/4cu8sdv9

A photograph of the 14 titles longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The books are stood on a wooden table against a brick wall with their spines facing the camera.

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Leila Essa @leilaessai.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Maha also discusses our 'Disrupting Translation' event with @jpolizei.bsky.social and Thalia Ostendorf, which you can still watch here: www.goethe.de/prj/vor/en/a...

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Disrupting Translation

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Melody Makeda Ledwon will receive the 2025 Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators, Words Without Borders announced today. The grant recognizes Ledwon’s translation from German of the novel Knives, Tongues by Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner. Learn more here:

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Melody Makeda Ledwon Awarded Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators - Words Without Borders

Melody Makeda Ledwon is recognized for her translation of a multilingual novel recovering the history of a Cape Coloured family

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Susan Bernofsky @translationista.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Thrilled to have gotten to co-translate this beautiful short story by Sharon Dodua Otoo. It starts off innocently enough, and then things quickly spiral into ever more reality-bending complexity. (Also check out her novel ADA'S ROOM, trans. @jpolizei.bsky.social.) thebaffler.com/fiction/tim-otoo

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Tim | Sharon Dodua Otoo

Everything’s going to be fine.

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Ela Gezen and I did a thing… allow me to promote our new #bookseries on #German Literatures in (Post)Migration! we‘ve already got exciting projects in the works but please hit us up with proposals, we want to know what you‘re working on (literary #translation of hard-to-place projects welcome, too!)

CFP and project description for the new Palgrave book series: “German Literatures in (Post)Migration“ co-edited by Ela Gezen and Jon Cho-Polizzi with an epic editorial board 💪🏽

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

👻 Elena Pare reviews “Djinns” by Fatma Aydemir, a gripping family saga set between Germany and Istanbul, where silence conceals generations of trauma and migration. @jpolizei.bsky.social   bit.ly/djinns-unvei...

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Djinns Unveils Silence in the Home

Djinns emerge in a fractured home in Istanbul, reflecting the intercultural and intergenerational tensions in Fatma Aydemir’s family saga.

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

now more than ever we need more brave voices like @timmohr.bsky.social to advocate for the polyphony of this world www.europaeditions.com/news/2657/in... rest in power ✊🏽

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In Memory of Tim Mohr

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Ms. Otoo @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The English translations need no less than two skeets - the UK and Commonwealth translation is called "Ada's Realm" and was published by MacLehose Press Shout out to the award-winning and truly beautiful soul of a translator Jon Cho-Polizzi (@jpolizei.bsky.social) 🌹 Thank you so, so much! 5.

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Ada’s Realm

"Soaring, spellbinding, utterly epic" MUSA OKWONGA "A time-travelling wonder of a read" PATERSON JOSEPH "A work of fierce imagination" NII AYIKWEI PARK...

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Susan Bernofsky @translationista.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Excellent statement from @aaupcu.bsky.social

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

wrote my first blurb and landed with the best of company 😍 @translationista.bsky.social

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

this happened! hugely honored to give the keynote for the german area of inquiry at #NeMLA. massive thanks to all the organizers and attendees 💚

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

got a copy of my translation of fatma aydemir’s djinns the uk edition 😍 peirene press 💚 #booksintranslation

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

stoked to be part of ALTA‘s multilingual #translation workshop team again this year! there are so many amazing #translators in the lineup; sign up & tell your friends! www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-sprin...

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2025 Spring Multilingual Translation Workshops

Multilingual Translation Workshops pair 6 literary translators with an established translator leader for a 105-minute workshop via Zoom.

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

such a pleasure talking with and listening to this amazing group of #translators yesterday

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 26/01/2025

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 15/01/2025

Congrats to all the longlisted books and a special shout-out to the authors and #translators nominated for works in #translation!

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

not just in deutschland, brother 😮‍💨

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Leila Essa @leilaessai.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

to round off the year, the recording of our summer event "disrupting translation" with thalia ostendorf and @jpolizei.bsky.social is now live! co-curated and hosted by @mahaelhissy.bsky.social and me as part of her #vorzeichen series and my veni project: youtu.be/JkUjUM9Ot5E

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#Vorzeichen: Disrupting Translation

YouTube video by Goethe-Institut Dänemark

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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 26/11/2024

Calling all translators! We're building a Bluesky starter pack for emerging and established translators—so that we can follow each other and be in community together on the World Wide Web. If you want to be included, add yourself to this thread, and share this post far and wide with your networks :)

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

still very much in awe of @translationista.bsky.social‘s @thebaffler.com review of Djinns 📖

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Simone Dede Ayivi @dedesimone.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Kultur nicht zu fördern, weil Kultur angeblich elitär & was für Reiche ist, ist ne self-fulfilling prophecy: Weniger Förderung heißt Kunst machen wird schlechter bezahlt & nur Wohlhabende können sich leisten in diese Berufe zu gehen.

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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

German studies postdoctoral fellow Jeannette Oholi researches Black European authors whose work has been underrepresented—and she helped organize a reading TONIGHT at Norwich Bookstore with @jpolizei.bsky.social, a celebrated translator of German Black authors. ⤵️

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Bringing Black European Authors to a Broader Audience

Jeannette Oholi champions Black European writers, poets, and literary scholars whose work has been underrepresented and understudied.

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Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026) @tnflorvil.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

I recommended @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social's Ada's Room, trans. by @jpolizei.bsky.social: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

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Max Czollek @maxczollek.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

Es ist eine große Herausforderung, bei all der menschlichen Kälte, die gerade um sich greift, den eigenen Humanismus nicht zu verlieren. Und dafür braucht es Freud*innen und Verbündete mehr denn je. Darum lasst nicht zu, dass ihr einander verliert. Gerade jetzt.

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

se wo were fi na wosan kofa a yennkyi 💚

sankofa mosaic, detroit (a bird with its head turned backwards while its feet face forward carrying a precious egg in its mouth).

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

so when does this thing build up the critical mass for us to leave the bird for good? 🧐

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Max Czollek @maxczollek.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Welcome to Bluesky Professor Cho-Polizzi, mein lieber Freune, Übersetzer und Partner im Struggle. Schön, dass du jetzt hier bist @jpolizei.bsky.social!

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Jon Cho-Polizzi @jpolizei.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

is the sky still blue somewhere out there?

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