Translators play an important role in bridging stories and cultural nuances. They provide access to literary works written in different languages. Join us this International Translation Day for a session with translators and authors as they share about the issues they face in bringing works to audiences that were not the original target readers.

This programme will be conducted via the Zoom platform. Participants do not need a Zoom account to take part in the session.

For enquiries, please email programmes@bookcouncil.sg

Facilitator

Natascha Bruce translates Chinese-language fiction into English. Her work includes Lonely Face by Yeng Pway Ngon (Balestier, 2019), Lake Like a Mirror by Ho Sok Fong (Granta, 2019) and, with Nicky Harman, A Classic Tragedy by Xu Xiaobin (forthcoming from Balestier). She has also translated numerous short stories by Dorothy Tse, including for the anthologies BooksActually’s Gold Standard (Math Paper Press, 2016) and That We May Live (Two Lines, 2020).

Nuntaporn Bodharamik graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University in 1995 and has been working as a translator since. She has translated mainly fiction including Thomas Harris’ Hannibal Rising, Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin, C.S. Pacat’s Prince’s Gambit and King Rising, and E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey. Sonny Liew’s The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is her first foray into graphic novels.

Moderator

Shelly Bryant divides her year between Shanghai and Singapore, working as a poet, writer, and translator. She has translated work from the Chinese language for Penguin Books, Epigram Books, the National Library Board in Singapore, Giramondo Books, HSRC, Rinchen Books, and Maclehose Press. Her translation of Sheng Keyi’s Northern Girls was long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012, and her translation of You Jin's In Time, Out of Place was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize in 2016.

Cancellation:

The workshop can be cancelled or postponed two weeks before the workshop date if the minimum number of participants is not met. Participants will be fully refunded for workshops cancelled by us.

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