by Ilkley Literature Festival
Ilkley Literature Festival presents Settee Seminars, a podcast series of fascinating short talks by leading experts, introducing you to a wide range of topics from modern U.S. history to psychiatry and 18th century literature. In each episode, a leading specialist in their field condenses years of study into a bite-sized 20-minute talk, giving listeners the chance to explore entire worlds of knowledge you might not even have known existed without ever having to leave your sofa.
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March 19, 2025
<p>Delve into the art and craft of translation in our three-part spin-off series ‘Translators on Translation’, presented in partnership with the <a href="https://bcla.org/prizes-awards/john-dryden-translation-competition/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">John Dryden Translation Competition</a> and the <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-world-literatures-0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Centre for World Literatures</a> at the University of Leeds.</p><p>In this episode <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/staff/122/dr-olivia-santovetti" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Olivia Santovetti</a>, Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Leeds, talks to translator <a href="https://naomimottram.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Antonella Lettieri</a> who won first prize in the 2022-23 John Dryden Translation Competition for her translation The War of the Murazzi from La guerra dei Murazzi by Enrico Remmert. </p><p>You can read Antonella's prize-winning translation <a href="https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/ccs.2024.0506" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p><p>You can keep up to date with Antonella's work by visiting her website <a href="https://www.antonellalettieri.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here</a> or following her on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/antonella.translates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here</a>. You can order her latest full-length translation, of A Little Matter by Maria Grazia Calandrone, <a href="https://www.foundryeditions.co.uk/your-little-matter" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here</a>.</p><p>The John Dryden Translation Competition is run by the University of Leeds Centre for World Literatures and sponsored by the <a href="https://bcla.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">British Comparative Literature Association</a> and the <a href="https://www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-centres/british-centre-for-literary-translation" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">British Centre for Literary Translation</a>. Prizes are awarded for the best unpublished literary translations of poetry, prose, or drama from any period from any language into English.</p><p>You can find out more about the John Dryden Translation Competition and entering your translation <a href="https://bcla.org/prizes-awards/john-dryden-translation-competition/%E2%81%A0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
December 16, 2024
Naomi Mottram and Sarah Hudspith discuss the art and craft of translation, exploring the nuances of translating contemporary Russian literature into English and the value of reading translated works.
November 26, 2024
David McCallam and Richard Hibbitt, a renowned translator and Professor of French & Comparative Literature, delve into the art and craft of translating Christophe Tarkos from French into English, revealing the intricacies of the translation process.
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Ilkley Literature Festival presents Settee Seminars, a podcast series of fascinating short talks by leading experts, introducing you to a wide range of topics from modern U.S. history to psychiatry and 18th century literature.
In each episode, a leading specialist in their field condenses years of study into a bite-sized 20-minute talk, giving listeners the chance to explore entire worlds of knowledge you might not even have known existed without ever having to leave your sofa.
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