We’ve had a busy semester, with visits from Lin Man-chiu, Sheng Keyi and Jeremy Tiang, the launch of our new Book Review Network, a residential weekend, and a new translation competition, as well as news of some exciting new funding! So we’re looking forward to some time off over Christmas,...
“Meeting authors and translators gave me an additional window into the literature. I was encouraged to read more widely and think about doing some translation. We do need to be creative in commending this literature to a broader reading public and Writing Chinese and the workshop are crucial in this...
Our special guest translator this month is Shelly Bryant, who is also a poet, author and researcher. Splitting her time between Shanghai and Singapore, Shelly has a very full schedule (as you can see below!), so we’re delighted that she’s been able to take the time to answer our questions....
We’re delighted to be joined for a special guest blog by translator and poet Andrea Lingenfelter. Andrea translated our July author of the month Hon Lai-chu 韓麗珠, and you can read more about both author and translator here, along with Andrea’s translation of the story ‘Notes on an Epidemic’, as well...
Dr Theresa Munford, an experienced Chinese teacher, has established a successful book club at St. Gregory’s School in Bath. Her pupils have responded in really insightful ways to a selection of books. We asked Theresa to tell us more. Why did you set up a bookclub for reading translated...
In the second of our blog posts about reviewing translated books, to go alongside the launch of our Reading Chinese Book Review Network, more of the translators we’ve worked with on the project have shared their thoughts on what makes a good review of a translated book. ‘I think reviews...
Our book review network is now open for applications! If you’re interested in joining, but not sure where to start when it comes to reviewing translated fiction, some of the translators and editors we’ve been working with for the Writing Chinese project have shared their advice. First up is Nicky Harman,...
Our Bookclub Author of the Month for August 2017 is Tammy Ho Lai-Ming. Find out more about Tammy and work, and read three of her poems on our Bookclub page here. We’re delighted that Tammy has taken the time out of her extremely busy schedule to answer some of our...
For the third in our series of interviews with translators, we’re delighted to welcome Natascha Bruce, a UK translator currently working in Hong Kong, and joint-winner of our inaugural Bai Meigui translation competition in 2015! Natascha started translating in 2011, working on scripts and subtitles for Taiwanese films, and she...
Grave-robbing, censorship, surrealism, running a small press, the problems of editing, why translators really don’t agree about footnotes… These were just some of the topics touched upon (and at times, debated vociferously) at our symposium on 2-4 July in Leeds. The symposium was the culmination of the first year of...
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Epiphyllum/ 曇花 by Yang Shuang-zi 楊双子 (@undertonecat), an excerpt from Seasons Of B… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”
