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Upcoming Events

We run events, talks and workshops on all aspects of literary translation. Our events are open to the public and, unless stated otherwise, admission is free. Events are usually held at Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation, 36 Fenian Street, Dublin D02 CH22 (two minutes' walk from Trinity's Lincoln Gate), and occasionally at larger venues on Trinity's campus. Most of our events are run in hybrid format, so you can join from wherever you are in the world. If you would like to receive advance notice of these events, please complete the form at the bottom of this page, or email littrans@tcd.ie. We will not use your contact details for any other purpose.

Great Irish Writers in Translation: Paul Lynch
6:30pm, Wednesday 1 October 2025
Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College
Online tickets also available

We are delighted to announce that Booker prize-winning author Paul Lynch and his Bulgarian, French, Polish and Romanian translators will be joining us for a discussion about Paul's work in translation, hosted by Professor Michael Cronin. Admission is free and tickets are available to book at this link: early booking is strongly advised! This special event is being hosted to mark European Day of Languages and International Translation Day and is kindly supported by EUNIC Ireland.

Breaking Cultural and Gender Barriers:
on translating The Awakening by Kate Chopin
6:30-7:30pm, Thursday, 9 October 2025
Swift Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Eulalia Piñero Gil, Professor of American Literature and Gender Studies at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Spain, will be giving a talk about the translation process involved in translating The Awakening by American writer, Kate Chopin. Click here for more information and to book a seat.

Dante's Divine Comedy
Next meeting: 11:30am, Thursday, 9 October
at 36 Fenian Street

We are delighted to announce that our lunchtime readings of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy will run again this year, from September to April 2026. r. There will be 13 readings in total from September to April, led by Emeritus Professor Corinna Salvadori Lonergan, with the assistance of John Walsh, IRC Government of Ireland Scholar (Comparative Literature), both of Trinity College. We will cover Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. No prior knowledge of Dante or Italian is required and we will read the poem in English translation. Readers of all backgrounds and disciplines are welcome, and you may attend as many or as few sessions as you wish. Please be sure to sign up for each session you would like to attend. Admission is free, but booking is essential: you can see all the dates and booking information here.

Success in Literary Translation
6-7pm, Monday 13 October 2025
at 36 Fenian Street, Dublin D02 CH22
Jeffrey K. Butt and Gaia Baldassarri, both practicing literary translators and graduates of our MPhil in Literary Translation, will be talking about how to break into the literary translation world. All welcome, booking essential.

World Fiction Book Club
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
6:30-7:30pm (online)

Our book choice this month is There's a Monster Behind the Door
by Gaëlle Bélem, translated from the French (Réunion) by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint Loubert. Book here. All are welcome and admission is free. You can find more information about the book club here.

Open House Dublin, Festival of Architecture
Saturday, 18 October 2025
Tours at 2pm and 3pm

Our beautifully restored Georgian building, built ca. 1790, will be part of this year's Open House Festival. Booking essential.

International Conference: Human Translators in Focus
22-24 October 2025
at Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation
and online
Exploring the Human Aspects of Japanese Literary Translation through a Sociological Lens.

This conference will take place from 22-24 October at Trinity College Dublin and it will also be possible to join online. Our guest speakers are:
- Jeffrey Angles, Western Michigan University
- Morgan Giles, translator
- David Karashima, Waseda University
- Eriko Tomizawa-Kay, University of East Anglia
In adddition, a Japanese Translation Masterclass will be led by Morgan Giles, translator of Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri.

This conference is kindly supported by the Japan Foundation, the Japanese Embassy in Ireland, the European Union, and the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Trinity College Dublin.

For more information and to register, please click here. You may also contact the organsiers at: conferencetclct@gmail.com

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