“Writers create national literatures and translators create a universal literature. Without translators, we writers would be nothing, condemned as we would be to living within the confines of our own language. We are all translated and we are all translators.”
José Saramago quoted in La Nación (Buenos Aires) on May 2, 2003
Call for Applications: Banff International Literary Translation Centre
The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is now accepting applications for the Banff International Literary Translation Centre, which will take place from the 1st to the 20th of June, 2020. The program offers a unique trilingual learning experience (English, French and Spanish). Students, emerging translators, and professional translators are all invited to submit their applications by January 29, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. For more information about the program and how to apply, please click here.
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