Call for Applications: The 2027 National Literary Translation Mentorships
La version française suit Administered by LTAC, QWF, and UNEQ Deadline: Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET LTAC, QWF, and UNEQ are pleased to announce a new [...]
THE LITERARY TRANSLATOR, AN IRREPLACEABLE DEVELOPER OF CREATIVE RARITIES / EL TRADUCTOR LITERARIO, UN IMPULSOR DE RAREZAS CREATIVAS IRREMPLAZABLE
*Spanish version down below* We live, as the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard predicted two decades ago, in the Age of Simulacrum. To dissimulate is to pretend not to [...]
Gerald (Jerry) Chapple — 1937-2025
Gerald Chapple passed away at age 87, surrounded by loving family, at Vassar Brothers Hospital, in Poughkeepsie, New York. Gerald was born in Montreal, to the late Francis [...]
Marie-Cécile Brasseur — 1948-2025
Marie-Cécile Brasseur became active in translation after many years as a bookseller in Paris and then Montreal. She specialized in non-fiction and worked with Indigenous organizations such as [...]
Suzanne Saint-Jacques Mineau — 1933-2025
Suzanne Mineau was a steadfast member of the Association for many years, regularly driving to Montreal from Sutton for meetings and events. She studied literature at the Université [...]
Speech by Robert Paquin (LTAC’s 50th Anniversary)
Il n'est pas facile pour moi de parler des origines de notre association, puisqu'en 1975 je n'étais pas encore né... à la traduction littéraire, s'entend. Non, c'est faux. En [...]
Speech by Howard Scott (LTAC’s 50th Anniversary)
The 50th anniversary of the LTAC makes me think of all the colleagues and friends I have met over my years in the Association. I see many of [...]
Our Co-presidents’ Speech on the Occasion of LTAC’s 50th Anniversary
By Nicolas Calvé and Arianne Des Rochers Quand nous sommes devenus co-président·es à l’été 2023, un peu par accident, on ne réalisait pas que l’ATTLC aurait 50 ans pendant [...]
Speech by Phyllis Aronoff (LTAC’s 50th Anniversary)
Dear colleagues and friends, I’m so happy to be here with you tonight celebrating the ATTLC/LTAC’s 50th anniversary! I came to literary translation after various other careers, successful [...]
Le plaisir de la lenteur — par Alissa Birle
Le temps est une drôle de chose. J’ai découvert Quand je ne dis rien je pense encore grâce à une amie, qui me l’avait déjà conseillé à sa [...]