ellipse Call for Submissions Issue 93: [In]visible Spring 2022
It is often assumed that translation is a thankless job. The work of a good translator should be imperceptible, it is generally thought, a premise that presupposes that [...]
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 [...]
John Glassco Translation Prize Gala 2021
It is with great pleasure that the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada extends an open invitation to virtually attend the 37th John Glassco Translation Prize gala, which will air on our Facebook pageon Thursday, the [...]
LTAC at SLM Dans la ville
Winter Trad / Transe hivernale is right around the corner! As part of the Salon du livre de Montréal programming, the LTAC invites you to a friendly, festive, [...]
Roundtable: How Might US, Canadian, and Mexican Literary Translation Associations Collaborate?
The Literary Translators' Association of Canada has had the great privilege, these past years, of strengthening its partnership with its sister associations in the United States and in [...]
Karin Montin LTAC/QWF Mentorship in Literary Translation
The Literary Translators Association of Canada and the Quebec Writers’ Federation are proud to announce the creation of the Karin Montin LTAC/QWF Mentorship in Literary Translation, to be [...]
Watch: Border Crossers – A Conversation with Alexandra Irimia and Carolina Orloff
On Wednesday July 21, the LTAC was delighted to co-sponsor, through its Funding for Members program, a discussion between student member Alexandra Irimia and Edinburgh-based publisher Carolina Orloff (Charco [...]
An Interview with Publisher and Translator Carolina Orloff on Publishing Literature in Translation
In his book The Genesis of Secrecy, Sir John Frank Kermode referred to translators as “border crossers” and likened them to the mythical figure of Hermes. Inspired by [...]