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.
2025 Taiwan-Ireland Poetry Translation Competition This year’s featured poet is Dong Shu-Ming, a writer of Puyuma and Han heritage, based in Taitung, Taiwan. In this moving elegy, Dong pays tribute to a 107-year-old elder—affectionately called mumu—whose life story weaves together community memory, multilingual song, indigenous knowledge, and everyday resilience. Through richly textured imagery, multilingual cadences, and intergenerational echoes, the poem traces mumu’s life as a woman of the Pinaski community, spanning languages from Puyuma to Japanese to Mandarin and beyond. The poem invites translators to listen closely to its voices, rhythms, and historical resonances—and to explore how such a deeply local poem might travel across language into a new cultural space. Now in its fifth year, the Taiwan–Ireland Poetry Translation Competition is open to translators around the world. Entrants are invited to translate this year’s chosen poem into English for an Irish readership, and to reflect creatively and critically on the journey from source to target language. Whether you are a student, a professional translator, or simply passionate about poetry, we welcome your voice. Enter this year's competition here: https://forms.gle/taQbQeUQanBJxnsB7. The closing date for submissions is 10 September 2025. This competition is kindly sponsored by the National Museum of Taiwan Literature. |
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International Conference: Human Translators in Focus
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: In adddition, a Japanese Translation Masterclass will be led by Morgan Giles, translator of Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri. For more information and to register, please click here. You may also contact the organsiers at: conferencetclct@gmail.com |
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