Kotryna Garanasvili

Two (presumably overheating) people dressed in big furry costumes as Peppa Pig and whoever that other one is.

London Book Fair wildlife report: two pigs, but so far zero indoor pigeons. Do better tomorrow, pigeons!

🗓️ Happening in one week! Don't miss this (free!) event we are so pleased to partner on with the Fine Arts Work Center: "Human Translators in the Age of AI," feat. Chenxin Jiang, Shelley Fairweather-Vega, Ian Giles, Umair Kazi & Kristen Renee Miller.

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The pigeon DID make it to LTC! Here he is right at the very end of Day 3 just before closing 🪶

London Book Fair 2026: Publishers hail ‘high energy, confident’ fair but feel absence of Middle East trade

Attendees of this year’s London Book Fair, held 10th to 12th March at London Olympia, have described the fair as “high energy” and “really busy” and a reminder that “books are a place where people have refuge” 👇 #LBF

Should we leave some crumbs at LTC

I saw one at IRC!! He might bring friends tomorrow 🕊️

ITD 2025 – Nationwide Programme - English PEN

We’re delighted that English PEN & @writerscentre.bsky.social are collaborating again this year to highlight and promote events and activities taking place across the UK and online in celebration of International Translation Day 2025. #ITD2025

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👊🏻Join me for this 'Translation as Activism' workshop at the 2025 Manchester Literature Festival 👊🏻 @mcrlitfest.bsky.social
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🤜🏻10 free tickets can be claimed by MMU (@manmetuni.bsky.social) & UoM (@uomhums.bsky.social) students ➡️📧 zoe@englishpen.org

Jeremy Tiang really hits the nail on the head here (as would be expected).

Translation is caught between two forms of capitalist exploitation: using a per-word freelance structure to provide a bare minimum fee, and playing on its artistic nature to compel free ancillary labor alongside

Emerging Translator Mentorships The Emerging Translator Mentorships scheme matches experienced translators with emerging translators for a six-month period during which they work together on practical translation projects, developin...

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APPLY: Lithuanian is one of the languages of the wonderful Emerging Translator Mentorship @writerscentre.bsky.social this year, and I’m v happy to return as a mentor. Please share this opportunity with people interested in translation, literature and languages ✍️📚🇱🇹 Deadline: 31 Aug. Link below!

I had a wonderful time leading a dialect translation workshop @bristoltranslates.bsky.social. It was so active with over 100 participants in the Zoom room, and their contributions have been simply brilliant! Dialect sparks the best kinds of conversations. Great to see & meet you all 📚✍️💙

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Member and former chair of the Translators Association Vineet Lal will be welcoming emerging translators at The Literary Centre at 10 today with @rebeccadewald.bsky.social , Nasim Luczaj & Dr Kotryna Garanasvili. #LBF25

Meet the future of literary translation: the winners of this year’s Emerging Translator Mentorship will read from their brilliant work in this live showcase, hosted by @writerscentre.bsky.social
📚✍️🎤 9 mentees, 9 mentors, 8 languages, on 10 April! More details&booking here: tinyurl.com/4kbct5zv

I believe you mean Paulius Linčiūnas, whose name was Anglicized for global appeal.

Un traductor literario hace mucho más que traducir textos. La lista de tareas es casi abrumadora.

Este excelente artículo de @kotrynagaranasvili.bsky.social basado en una encuesta demuestra, sin embargo, que el común de los lectores tiene una idea demasiado básica de lo que implica nuestro trabajo.

Translation adjacent Translators do so much more than translation – and we need the industry's help.

www.thebookseller.com/comment/tran... it's hard not to get jaded with this kind of invisible unpaid workload.

Translation adjacent Translators do so much more than translation – and we need the industry's help.

"Translators are the Clark Kent of the publishing industry."

@kotrynagaranasvili.bsky.social on the @the-bookseller.bsky.social explores how the work of literary translators is perceived by readers.

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Translation adjacent Translators do so much more than translation – and we need the industry's help.

In "The Bookseller," a lovely abridged version of Kotryna Garanasvili's recent WWB essay "Translation-adjacent"!
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Translation adjacent Translators do so much more than translation – and we need the industry's help.

Great article by @kotrynagaranasvili.bsky.social about the various things literary translators actually do www.thebookseller.com/comment/tran...

@kotrynagaranasvili.bsky.social on everything we translators do that goes above and beyond actual translating.

Nailed it, Kotryna. Thanks for advocating for the amazing work we all do! 👏

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Great essay by @kotrynagaranasvili.bsky.social on all the unpaid/unackowledged things that befall translators in addition to and beyond translating itself.

#xl8 #langsky

Translation-adjacent - Words Without Borders Just how broad is a translator's remit? Kotryna Garanasvili calls for "translation-adjacent" tasks to be duly acknowledged.

An excellent piece on misperceptions around what the job of literary translator involves.

By @kotrynagaranasvili.bsky.social.

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Pencils and shavings scattered over a surface with the quote “Translation-adjacent tasks are a mission, and it’s translators who very often end up with this mission. Why? Well, if anything, because no one else is willing to take it on. Even if they are, they won’t necessarily be able to do it” and the text “'Translation-adjacent' by Kotryna Garanas

Today on WWB: Kotryna Garanasvili on “translation-adjacent” tasks, from pitching to editing—and on the necessity of acknowledging this labor. Read her essay here: https://buff.ly/3Daeols