The Literary Translators Association of Canada (LTAC) and the Translation programs at Université de Sherbrooke are happy to invite you to translate a novel excerpt in the language of your choice. The selected texts for this edition of Words on the Move are La nageuse au milieu du lac by Patrick Nicol and Niko by Dimitri Nasrallah.

Click here to view the texts to be translated and the participating authors’ bibliographies.

You are also invited to a public reading, hosted by Shirley Fortier, which will take place Thursday, April 20, 2017, 7:30 p.m., at La Maison des arts de la parole in Sherbrooke (138 Wellington North, 2nd floor). This will be an opportunity to share your translation if you wish to do so. If you can’t be with us, please do send your translation to Shirley.Fortier@USherbrooke.ca.

Pens at the ready!