Translating Literature for Absolute Beginners

WRITING 762.1E

Learn to translate literature into English in this workshop designed for writers with even just a simple understanding of a foreign language.

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What you can learn.

  • Learn different approaches to completing a translation project
  • Compare and discuss multiple translations of one work
  • Get an overview of the translation field
  • Practice translating work in a supportive and knowledgeable environment

About this course:

This workshop is geared to writers with little or no experience translating foreign-language literature into English, but would like to try. You need not be fluent or even a comfortable speaker to get started, but need a working knowledge of a non-English language (at least the equivalent of a semester or two of a language). In this workshop, you get a sense of different approaches and theories around translation by comparing multiple translations of the same work. We discuss the contemporary translation landscape in the US and how you can contribute to it. You also gain tips and resources on the practice of translation itself. Students have the opportunity to practice translating in a supportive community of peers.

Summer 2023 Schedule

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Saturday 10:00AM - 1:00PM PT
Future Offering (Opens July 15, 2023 12:00:00 AM)
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Instructor: Elisa Wouk Almino
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Location: UCLA X Open
Notes

Enrollment opens two weeks prior to the event. Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Early enrollment advised. Internet access required.  

This course is held via video teleconference. As such, instructors use Zoom to offer a live class meeting at the designated time. Students must be present at the course meeting time to participate in the class. 

Course Requirements

Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

Schedule
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Date
Time
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Sat Jul 29, 2023
10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT
UCLA X Open

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