International Translation Day op-ed

[J.W.]

Ottawa, Wednesday 6/10/10 23h10 EDT

Dear SEELANGers,

(If someone else has already posted this, I apologise for the repetition.)

As many of you probably know, 30 September was International Translation Day
(the day of St-Jerome, the patron saint of translators and interpreters).

The Literary Translators' Association of Canada (LTAC) sent an op-ed piece
on this occasion to a prominent Toronto newspaper, the Globe and Mail,
signed by a number of its members, and it was published on Thursday 30/10.
 See:
http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/09/30/international-translation-day/
In the very first line there is a further link to the Globe's own piece on
literary translation from the preceding Saturday (25/10).  Both texts
present strong arguments in support of greater recognition for literary
translation as an artform, one all too often taken for granted, especially
by the media and sometimes even by publishers.

I'm sure any SEELANGers involved in literary translation will find both
articles interesting reading.

Sincerely,

(Mr) John Woodsworth

Certified Translator (Russian-English), ATIO

Member, Literary Translators' Association of Canada

  http://attlc-ltac.org/bak/Woodsworth2.htm

Adm. Assistant & Research Associate,

  Slavic Research Group at the University of Ottawa

Website: http://kanadacha.ca/

Academia page: http://uottawa.academia.edu/JohnWoodsworth

E-mail: jw at kanadacha.ca

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