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ALTA promotes literary translation through advocacy, education and services to literary translators. We no longer post from this account.
Joined May 2010
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🏆 The longlists for the 2023 National Translation Awards in Poetry & Prose, administered by ALTA, are HERE! . Congratulations to all the translators, authors, & publishers on these exciting lists that span 19 different languages!
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The American Literary Translators Association is delighted to announce that the 2024 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open! . There are 16 mentorships on offer in 2024, and applications are due November 30:
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Announcing the longlists for the 2020 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose! Congratulations from us all to the translators, authors, and publishers featured here! .
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📣🏆The shortlists for the 2023 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose, administered by ALTA, are HERE! Congratulations to all the translators, authors, and publishers on these exciting lists! . See the lists and read the judges' citations here:
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🥳Congratulations to Han Kang on winning the 2024 #NobelPrize in Literature! And congratulations to her publishers and translators, who include Deborah Smith, Emily Yae Won—and past ALTA mentee @p_niyahmorris!.
BREAKING NEWS.The 2024 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”
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ALTA is delighted to announce the shortlists for the 2024 National Translation Awards in Poetry & Prose! 2024 is the 26th year for the NTA + the 10th year to award separate prizes in poetry & prose. Congrats to all the translators, authors & publishers!
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Announcing the winner of the 2021 National Translation Award in Prose: NO PRESENTS PLEASE by Jayant Kaikini, translated from Kannada by Tejaswini Niranjana (@TejaswiniNiran1), published by Catapult (@CatapultStory)!
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ALTA is delighted to announce the longlists for the 2024 National Translation Awards in Poetry & Prose! 2024 is the 26th year for the NTA + the 10th year to award separate prizes in poetry & prose. Congrats to all translators, authors & publishers here!
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🎃Happy Halloween🎃 from all of us at ALTA! What are you dressing up as this year? In case you need a last-minute suggestion, we might have just the thing for you. Keep it spooky! 💀
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The National Translation Award in Poetry & Prose shortlists are HERE! Congrats to all those on our shortlists -- translators, authors, and publishers! And be sure to come to #ALTA41 to see the winners crowned! .
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ALTA is thrilled to announce the mentees for the 7th year of the ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! Congratulations to our 13 exceptional emerging translators, our largest mentee cohort to date! Learn more about them here:
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Today, ALTA issues a set of guidelines for evaluating literary translation in hiring and promotion decisions. These guidelines have already been signed by over 100 individuals from 68 institutions. Read the full guidelines and learn how to sign here:
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Announcing the winner of the 2023 National Translation Award in Prose: CHINATOWN by Thuận, translated from Vietnamese by @nguyen_anly, published by @NewDirections & @TiltedAxisPress!. #ALTA46
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The longlists for the National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose are LIVE! Take a look and fill up your bookshelves. Congratulations to all the longlistees, their authors, and publishers!
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ALTA is excited to announce that starting in 2024, it will confer a new award: the ALTA First Translation Prize!. This annual award will recognize the work of emerging literary translators and their editors. More info here: #ALTA46
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In case it's something you need this Friday: Here are some resources for beautiful works by African and Haitian writers in #translation.
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The American Literary Translators Association is delighted to announce that the 2022 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open! The following 13 mentorships (the most we've ever offered in one year!) are available in 2022:
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ALTA is pleased to announce the longlists for the 2021 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose! Congratulations to the translators, authors, publishers, and editors selected!
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📢The 2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program applications are open!. The Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced & an emerging translator. Learn more & apply by 11/30:
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Announcing the winner of the 2024 ALTA First Translation Prize: . THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF KATZUO NAKAMATSU by Augusto Higa Oshiro, translated from Spanish by @jshyue, edited by Sarah Gale and Emma Raddatz, published by @archipelagobks!
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Congratulations to Esther Allen for winning the National Translation Award in Prose for Zama by Antonio di Benedetto! #ALTA40
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This International Translation Day, we're excited to announce the shortlists for the National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose! Congratulations to all the translators, authors, and publishers on these fabulous shortlists!.
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This International Translation Day #ITD2021, ALTA is delighted to announce the shortlists for the 2021 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose! Congratulations to the translators, authors, publishers, and editors recognized on these lists!
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ALTA's longlists for the National Translation Awards in Prose and Poetry are here! Congratulations to all the translators, authors, and publishers -- we're so excited to celebrate your excellent work!
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The 2022 longlist for the National Translation Award in Prose is here! Congratulations to all of the translators, authors, and publishers on this exciting list, and a huge "Thank you!" to our 2022 judges, Suzanne Jill Levine, @arunava, and Annie Tucker!
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Announcing the Winner of the 2019 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize: Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon, translated from the Korean by Don Mee Choi (New Directions)!
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Belarusian Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich is opening a new publishing house exclusively dedicated to printing female authors!
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We want to give emerging translators a jumpstart to their translation careers! In 2022, we're excited to offer 13(!) mentorships at no cost to the selected emerging translators. Check them out on our Submittable page, and apply by November 30!
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"Translation is like rubbish collection: it only gets noticed when something goes wrong." Mark Polizzotti has written a manifesto to call attention to #translation as an "inherently creative, dynamic part of human civilisation."
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“In the work we do, we’re working on affecting emotions & stimulating the intellect.”. Married translators + past NTA judges @jenniferlcroft & @BorisDralyuk share complementing love & work lives as they advocate for recognition for the work of translators:
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ALTA is pleased to announce the mentees for the eighth year of the ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! . Congratulations to these eight exceptional emerging translators! Find out more about the program, mentees, mentors, and funders here:
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Announcing the Winner of the National Translation Award in Prose: What's Left of the Night by Ersi Sotiropoulos, translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich (New Vessel Press)!
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Announcing the winner of the 2024 National Translation Award in Prose: . THE HUNGER OF WOMEN by Marosia Castaldi, translated from Italian by @JRichWords, published by @andothertweets!
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The 2022 longlist for the National Translation Award in Poetry is here! Congratulations to all of the translators, authors, and publishers on this exciting list, and a huge "Thank you!" to the judges, @HeleneCardona @BorisDralyuk and @ArchanaVenkate4!
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Announcing the winner of the 2023 Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award: ANTAGONY by Luis Goytisolo, translated from Spanish by @BPRileyCTSp2Eng, pub. by @Dalkey_Archive!. ALTA is pleased to offer this prize in partnership with @spaincultureus. #ALTA46
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ALTA is excited to announce that the 2023 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open! There are 8 mentorships on offer in 2023 for emerging translators. Learn more here, and submit by November 30!
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🎉ALTA is delighted to announce the 2023 ALTA Travel Fellows! . Congratulations to these 5 outstanding emerging translators: @mayadamayadamay, Rachel Landau, @odelia_lu, @dawidmobolaji, and Allana Noyes! . See the full announcement here:
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Looking to immerse yourself in Korean literature in #translation? Here are some upcoming new titles to keep your booklist full, including ALTA members Anton Hur, Janet Hong, and Sophie Bowman’s translations!.
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We are excited to announce the shortlisted titles for the 2021 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize! Congratulations to the translators, authors, publishers, and editors whose work is recognized here!
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🎉 A HUGE congratulations to ALTA Board member @bdantaslobato on winning the 2023 @nationalbook Award for Translated Literature, for her translation from Portuguese of THE WORDS THAT REMAIN by Stênio Gardel, pub. @NewVesselPress! #NBAwards
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We are excited to introduce you to the 2021 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program mentees! 2021 marks the 6th year of ALTA's mentorship program. Congratulations to our eight exceptional emerging translators: .
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Some good news! An increase in #translation prizes is leading to increased visibility of translators in the US, UK, and India:
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We love this 2023 list of notable translations via @worldlittoday! We spy many friends on this list, including past book award winners @DonMeeChoi, Bill Johnston, Ann Goldstein, recent Board Secretary @samanthaschnee & mentor @janethong333, to name a few!
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The winners of the 2018 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose are here!
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ALTA Statement on Racial Equity in Literary Translation -
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We're excited to announce that the 2021 ALTA awards🏆 submission portals are open! Help us celebrate excellence in literary translation, and submit titles by April 19, 2021 via our Submittable page:
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🎉We are delighted to announce the 2024 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program Mentees! Congratulations to these 17 exceptional emerging translators:
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“Charco Press, a small Argentine-led Edinburgh-based publishing house, wants to make Latin American literature more accessible”:
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📢Opportunity for emerging translators! Our 2022 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is open for applications. There are 13 mentorships on offer in 2022, the most we've ever offered in one year! Find out more here, and apply by November 30:
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"If you want to be a good poet, then write poetry. If you want to be a great poet, then translate." Don't miss this interview with @thisisEJKoh at @aaww as she talks about the Easter eggs found in personal history and #translation:
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We are honored that @NEAarts has approved ALTA for a grant in the amount of $30,000 to support the fall conference, ALTA46: The Place of Translation, and the ALTA mentorship program. We are grateful for this substantial support from the NEA! Thank you!
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". a translator has the ability to shape what the rest of the world knows about literature." From The Japan Times (@japantimes), don't miss this feature on Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize judge Jeffrey Angles (@jeffreyangles)!
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Announcing the 2017 National Translation Award in Poetry & Prose longlists!
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The 2019 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose shortlists are here! The winners will be announced at #ALTA42 in November. Congratulations to the translators, authors, and publishers!
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Announcing the winner of the 2021 National Translation Award in Poetry: ALLEGRIA by Giuseppe Ungaretti, translated from Italian by Geoffrey Brock (@gbrock), published by Archipelago Books (@archipelagobks)!
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In case you need it today: This article by John Keene on the importance of translating and listening to black voices, penned in 2016, is still applicable and necessary today.
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The ALTA First Translation Prize, now in its inaugural year, recognizes the work of emerging literary translators and their editors. This prize awards one debut literary translation from any other language into English. Congratulations to the 2024 shortlistees!
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"[W]hen I’m translating I’m writing on style alone, which is every writer’s dream, to just be surfing on words.". Don't miss this interview with ALTA Board member @bdantaslobato over at @LatAmLitToday!
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Aaaaand that's a wrap! From all of us at ALTA, thank you to EVERYONE, panelists, leaders, editors, publishers, readers, translators, educators, students -- to ALL of you for coming and making our first virtual conference, #ALTA43, so special.
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"I have always, from the very start, approached poetic translation as the writing of poetry, full stop.". Be sure to check out this interview with National Translation Award in Poetry judge @BorisDralyuk at @thearkint!
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ALTA is delighted to announce the 2022 Virtual Travel Fellows! Congratulations to these 10 outstanding emerging translators. Learn more about them here: Celebrate their hard work with us on 9/20 at 4pm PT (7pm ET) at the Virtual Travel Fellows reading!
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🏆 THIS JUST IN! The 2022 International Booker Prize for Translated Fiction from @TheBookerPrizes goes to TOMB OF SAND by Geetanjali Shree and translated from Hindi by @shreedaisy, published by @TiltedAxisPress! Congratulations to you all!
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Announcing the winner of the 2021 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize: ENDLESS SONG by Nammāḻvār, translated from Tamil by Archana Venkatesan (@ArchanaVenkate4), published by Penguin Random House India (@PenguinIndia)!
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"Translation is an art.". ALTA member & past Travel Fellow @yilinwriter speaks up as they point out that “[i]t’s really important to respect the labour of translators” in response to the British Museum's lack of recognition for using their translations:
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"To get great subtitles, you need a good translator and a good system in place." Hooray for Parasite, the first foreign-language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars! Let's celebrate, and recognize the work of the film's subtitle translator Darcy Paquet:
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📢 Call to Persian Poetry Translators: Submit to the Mo Habib Translation Prize! @melcuw, in collaboration with @DeepVellum, enthusiastically calls for submissions of Persian poetry (50-250 texts, translated into English) through March 01, 2024. Info at:
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🎉 Congrats to the recipients of the 2024 @NEAarts Translation Fellowships! This year, the NEA is supporting 18 Translation Fellows, including ALTA Program Director @kelsivanada, mentor @daybreakjung & members @gregorspamsa, @KevinGerryDunn & @Erstwhale:
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🎉 The 2024 @WarwickPrizeWiT longlist is here! Congrats to all, including ALTA members Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, David Boyd, Travel Fellows judge @saskiavogel & past Travel Fellow @anam_translates - and we spy 2 books on the National Translation Award lists too!
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We are excited to introduce you to the mentors of the 2022 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! Learn about them here, and apply to one of the 13 mentorships by November 30!
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Below, you can read the ALTA statement on translators' names on the cover:
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🎉🎉 Congratulations to ALTA member @ZAPTranslations on winning the inaugural Cercador Prize for her translation from Portuguese of Ana Paula Maia's OF CATTLE AND MEN, published by @CharcoPress!.
Announcing the winner of the 2023 Cercador Prize: Zoë Perry's translation of Ana Paula Maia's OF CATTLE AND MEN (@CharcoPress). The Cercador committee says OF CATTLE AND MEN "lays bare the brutal labor of the slaughterhouse trade," hailing the novel as a "new breed of western."
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We always knew she was brilliant! A huge congratulations to two-time Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize winner and past ALTA conference keynote presenter @DonMeeChoi, who has been named a 2021 @macfound Fellow!
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We are very excited to announce this year's 10 (count 'em, 10!) Virtual Travel Fellows! Find out all about them here, and be sure to tune in to their (free & open to the public) reading on October 17!
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ALTA is delighted to announce that applications for the 2020 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program are open! This year we're excited to offer six (count 'em, six!) mentorships in various languages and genres. Find out more here!
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📣 The longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature from @nationalbook is here! Congrats to all with works on this list, including ALTA member Heather Cleary, Travel Fellowships judge @saskiavogel, and past NTA judge @sawadhussain!
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Being addicted to and breaking the rules in literary #translation: @kojensen, winner of the 2018 National Translation Award in #Poetry for THIRD-MILLENNIUM HEART, talks translation and process:
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It's September 1, which means it's the start to National #Translation Month! What are you reading?
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What does a literary translator’s life look like? Here’s an article from ALTA member @AntonHur on his experiences as a translator, some methods to use for translation projects, and things to consider while working among words:.
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We want you to meet the mentors of the 2023 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program!. Learn more about the 2023 mentors here, and submit your application by November 30, 2022!
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Emerging translators! Applications are open for the 2021 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program until November 30! . The following 8(!) mentorships will be available next year:.
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📣 We want you to meet the mentors for the 2024 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! . There are 16 mentorships available to emerging translators in 2024. Learn about the mentors you could work with here! Apply by 11/30:
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This #TranslationThursday, we're bringing back the first in a series of ALTA43 sessions! Burn the Bridge: Decolonizing Metaphors of Translation, featuring @sanschaises @JeremyTiang @mailbykite & @bdantaslobato is now open to the public. Happy viewing!
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🎉 We are delighted to announce the 2024 ALTA Travel Fellows! . Each year, between four and six $1,000 Travel Fellowships are awarded to emerging translators to help them travel to the annual ALTA conference.
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Announcing the winner of the 2020 National Translation Award in Prose: THE CHEFFE by Marie NDiaye, translated from French Jordan Stump, published by Alfred A. Knopf (@AAKnopf)! Congratulations!
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ALTA is delighted to announce, in conjunction with @spaincultureus, the inception of a new award for translation: The Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award (SUFTA)! Find out more about this new award here:
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The 2023 @Gulf_Coast Prize in Translation is open to short prose, fiction & nonfiction in translation! Winner receives $1000 & publication. All entries considered for online publication. Judged this year by Katrina Dodson. Learn more here & submit by 8/31!
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We're delighted to spotlight the 2021 National Translation Award in Prose judges, Jennifer Croft (@jenniferlcroft), Anton Hur (@AntonHur), and Annie Janusch! Learn more about them here, and submit titles by April 19:
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ALTA's first ever virtual conference, #ALTA43: In Between, starts TOMORROW! Check out the conference schedule ( to see what is on offer from tomorrow through October 18, and be sure to register to enjoy it all!
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Announcing the winner of the 2023 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize: IN THE SAME LIGHT: 200 POEMS FOR OUR CENTURY FROM THE MIGRANTS & EXILES OF THE TANG DYNASTY, translated from Chinese by Wong May, published by @thesongcave & @carcanet!. #ALTA46
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🎉 ALTA is delighted to announce the 2024 shortlists for the following prizes: . 🏆Italian Prose in Translation Award.🏆Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize.🏆Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award.🏆ALTA First Translation Prize. Congratulations to all!
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The 13-title #2021InternationalBooker longlist from @TheBookerPrizes is live! It's a stellar list, including ALTA Executive Director @lissiejaquette's #translation from the Arabic of Adania Shibli's MINOR DETAIL, pub. @FitzcarraldoEds! Read more here:
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Congrats all, including so many #translation presses! @archipelagobks @boaeditions @CATranslation @Coffee_House_ @CopperCanyonPrs @FeministPress @GraywolfPress @Gulf_Coast @kenyonreview @Milkweed_Books @open_letter @RedHenPress @tupelopress @udpbooks @WhitePine_Press @wwborders
Congratulations to all who've received grants in our first round of FY18 funding! Learn more in our News Room
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From all of us at ALTA, happy #InternationalTranslationDay! We're grateful for all the translators, publishers, educators, students, readers, and more who make up our community. How are you celebrating #ITD2022? Happy reading and translating, today and all days!
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Announcing the winner of the 2021 Italian Prose in Translation Award: DIARY OF A FOREIGNER IN PARIS by Curzio Malaparte, translated from Italian and French by Stephen Twilley, published by NYRB (@nyrbclassics)!
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Happy #InternationalTranslationDay from us at ALTA!. Whether you're a translator yourself, advocate for translators, read translations, publish them, teach them, study them, or you just think they're great: thank you for being a part of this community, today and every day.
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Congratulations! The first time a book #translated from #Arabic has won!.
We’re delighted to announce our #MBI2019 winner is Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth and published by Sandstone Press. Read more here:
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The 2022 ALTA awards submissions portals are OPEN! . In 2022, ALTA will be awarding 5 book prizes for works in translation, along with the ALTA Travel Fellowships for emerging translators. Submissions are open until April 18, 2022 at 11:59pm PT.
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📣 The 2024 ALTA awards are open for submissions! 🏆. We only accept materials through our Submittable portal. The deadline to submit is March 18 at 11:59pm PT. Find out more and submit here: . We look forward to considering your submissions this year!
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The 2019 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize shortlist is here! Congratulations to all the shortlistees, their authors and publishers, and thanks to our stellar judges for all their hard work. Check it out here:
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