American Literary Translators Association

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ALTA is excited to be going to the AWP conference next month! Check out these resources we've put together for you: our sponsored panels, a list of translation events, an offsite translator meetup, Bookfair Bingo & more! bit.ly/3CQrCnS Say hi to ALTA at booth 331! 👋

African publishers are redefining the literary landscape—championing local voices, battling distribution hurdles, and reshaping global narratives: nyti.ms/417jbxI

@LitTranslate's mentorship program is one of the best things that happened to me in my translation journey. Congratulations to all the mentees! Wishing you loads of fun and learning.

Overjoyed to be a part of the @LitTranslate Emerging Translators Mentorship Program 2025 as Urdu mentee to @_safiamahmood 🩷 It's such a pleasure to support fresh talent from South Asia. #SouthAsian #translation #Pakistan

Very grateful to @LitTranslate for this amazing opportunity to translate Bilal Hasan Minto’s “Model Town” under the mentorship of @sana_r_ch 😊

Congratulations to Min Ji Choi, this year’s Korean poetry translation mentee! Min Ji will be translating Hwang Byeong-seung’s Transvestite Shikoku (여장남자 시코쿠), a collection that heralded a new era for Korean poetry in the early 2000s.

American Literary Translators Association @LitTranslate has just announced the recipients of the 2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program. There are 19 mentees in 18 categories. Learn more about the selected emerging translators & their mentors: bit.ly/4jLEoEC

Proud to share that Ms. Safia Mehmood (@_safiamahmood) has been awarded The 2025 Emerging Translator Mentorship by @LitTranslate in collaboration with @SALTatChicago. This highly competitive fellowship supports her translation of a Urdu novel into English. literarytranslators.org/awards/2025-me…

Congratulations to the recipients of this year's @LitTranslate Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! There are 19 mentees, including our very own Senior Assistant Editor, Michelle Chan Schmidt! Read on to hear about all their projects: literarytranslators.org/awards/2025-me…

Pedro Lemebel’s MY TENDER MATADOR paints a vivid portrait of love and survival in Pinochet’s Chile—where desire and politics collide in unexpected ways: bit.ly/40Sl1kE

🎉 ALTA is very excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! There are 19 mentees in 2025. Learn more about them here, and join us in celebrating these promising emerging translators! bit.ly/4jLEoEC

There are just 10 slots left for the ALTA Spring Multilingual Translation Workshops! Don't miss your chance to workshop a translation with 5 other translators, teamed up w/ a workshop leader, all over Zoom. Learn more and book here before they're all gone! bit.ly/3EBLv2g

Congratulations to 2024 ALTA mentee, Miriam Åkervall, for receiving an Honorable Mention for the Nadia Christensen Prize at the 2025 American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prize announcement. Plus: The 2025 competition is now open for submissions! bit.ly/4hPPSFA

Tix are going like 🥞! Reg is now open for the 2025 Spring Multilingual Translation Workshops, which will be held over Zoom April 14-19. These workshops bring together 6 translators (at any level!) with a workshop leader. Learn more & book your ticket now! bit.ly/3EBLv2g

🎉 The PEN Translates awards from English PEN have been announced! Congrats to all, including ALTA Interim Executive Director Sean Gasper Bye, past President Ellen Elias-Bursac, ALTA mentor Daisy Rockwell, and member Madeleine Arenivar! bit.ly/4aOrnpQ

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📣 New look, new resources—new website! We at the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) are excited to bring you an all-new website with new resources and a fresh look! Want to know where to start? Take a look here: bit.ly/4hmWPxI

2025 is shaping up to be a stellar year for books in translation! A new wave of global stories is on the horizon. Check out Book Riot’s list of upcoming must-reads from around the world: bit.ly/4jBEYEU

"I share Mikołaj’s view that the most inter­est­ing sto­ries are on the mar­gins." Mikołaj Grynberg’s CONFIDENTIAL, translated by our very own Interim Executive Director, Sean Gasper Bye, brings those margins into focus in a compelling new conversation: bit.ly/3CuuqXq