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A three-day international literary translation workshop, ‘Literary Translation Workshop’, has begun at Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel campus, jointly

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SHATADAL MITRA <br> This is how it has always been and will continue to be as long as our prodigal lizard agrees—“thik-thik-thik.” So here in Khanyadi, people still cried in obeisance—“Oh hail, Mother Khana!” Khanyadi believed in her heart that it was a righteous namesake

KU and the University of Chicago will select 24 participants for a three-day literary translation workshop in September featuring two International Booker Prize-winning translators.

Looking back now, if the sexual awakening central to the story didn’t revolve around the incident involving Uttumi, then it must lie in an image that Paru had evoked in my mind.

The Emerging Translator Mentorships scheme matches experienced translators with emerging translators for a six-month period during which they work together on practical translation projects, developing their craft through working on a chosen text or texts.

Translated by Rohee Dholakia

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Our grants for translated literature support the movement of words and ideas across national and linguistic borders, championing bibliodiversity and reflecting the PEN Charter’s declaration that

Oxford Translates is an online literary translation summer school at St Edmund Hall | The summer school offers translation workshops from 11 languages.

Attend four curated online writing workshops tutored by our inaugural International Translator in Residence, Deepa Bhasthi.

Deepa Bhasthi on translation, beyond the world of Heart Lamp

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Join International Booker Prize winning translator Daisy Rockwell, PEN/Heim Translation Grant winner Shabnam Nadiya, Sahitya Akademi winner Srinath Perur and others read from their translations from Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Telugu, and Urdu. After the success of last year's inaug