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.
Translators on Translation - part three: Antonella Lettieri & Olivia Santovetti - translating Enrico Remmert from Italian into English
Delve into the art and craft of translation in our three-part spin-off series ‘Translators on Translation’, presented in partnership with the John Dryden Translation Competition (https://bcla.org/prizes-awards/john-dryden-translation-competition/) and the Centre for World Literatures (https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-world-literatures-0) at the University of Leeds.
In this episode Olivia Santovetti (https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/staff/122/dr-olivia-santovetti), Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Leeds, talks to translator Antonella Lettieri (https://naomimottram.co.uk/) 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.
You can read Antonella's prize-winning translation here (https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/ccs.2024.0506).
You can keep up to date with Antonella's work by visiting her website here (https://www.antonellalettieri.com/) or following her on Instagram here (https://www.instagram.com/antonella.translates/). You can order her latest full-length translation, of A Little Matter by Maria Grazia Calandrone, here (https://www.foundryeditions.co.uk/your-little-matter).
The John Dryden Translation Competition is run by the University of Leeds Centre for World Literatures and sponsored by the British Comparative Literature Association (https://bcla.org/) and the British Centre for Literary Translation (https://www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-centres/british-centre-for-literary-translation). Prizes are awarded for the best unpublished literary translations of poetry, prose, or drama from any period from any language into English.
You can find out more about the John Dryden Translation Competition and entering your translation here (https://bcla.org/prizes-awards/john-dryden-translation-competition/%E2%81%A0).
16 Dec 2024
Translators on Translation - part two: Naomi Mottram & Sarah Hudspith – translating Sofia Sinitskaia from Russian into English
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.
26 Nov 2024
Translators on Translation - part one: David McCallam & Richard Hibbitt – translating Christophe Tarkos from French into English
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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