Join the LTAC Team
The LTAC / ATTLC is looking to hire a Coordinator for its Montreal office. As the successful candidate for this position, you will report to the Board of [...]
Sur la traduction d’un poème de Mahmoud Darwish
Il faut traduire poétiquement la poésie. Cela peut paraitre allant de soi, comme un truisme, mais il n’y a rien de moins évident, car il faut d’abord s’entendre [...]
A Creative Journey Toward Otherness
I translate poetry because I cannot resist its charm, and because I wish others who do not know the language in which it is written can also appreciate its [...]
Karin Montin 1958-2021
The LTAC was recently saddened to learn of the passing of longtime friend and member, Karin Montin, after prolonged illness on August 9th at the age of 63. [...]
The 2022 Karin Montin LTAC/QWF Mentorship in Literary Translation is set to take off
The LTAC is overjoyed to present our very first mentorship pair for the Karin Montin LTAC/QWF Mentorship in Literary Translation: mentor Jessica Moore and mentee Alex Boos. Jessica Moore is [...]
Spring 2022
We are overjoyed to offer a (late) congratulations to Marie Frankland for taking home the 2021 Governor General Literary Award for translation (English to French) for her book [...]
ellipse Call for Submissions Issue 93: [In]visible Spring 2022
Deadline extended to March 14th, 2022 It is often assumed that translation is a thankless job. The work of a good translator should be imperceptible, it is [...]
Luba Markovskaia Takes Home 2021 John Glassco Prize
It was with great pride and joy that the LTAC , during the November 26 premiere of the 2021 Glassco Gala, revealed Luba Markovskaia’s Notes de terrain pour [...]
ATTLC/LTAC statement in solidarity with NourbeSe Philip
ATTLC/LTAC stands in solidarity with author NourbeSe Philip’s call for the Italian publisher Benway Series to destroy the Italian translation of her book-length poem Zong! As told to [...]
LTAC presents: A Conversation with NourbeSe Philip on the unauthorized Italian translation of Zong!
The LTAC is proud to present a conversation between the poet NourbeSe Philip and translator Elena Basile on the topic of the unauthorized Italian translation of Philip's seminal [...]