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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.

World Fiction Book Club
Tuesday, 20 May 2025

6.30-7.30pm, online
only

Our final book club meeting this term will meet to discuss Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse, translated from the Norwegian by Damion Searls. All are welcome and admission is free. Please register to attend here. You can find more information about our book club here.

Writing and Translating: Judith Hermann and Katy Derbyshire
Thursday, 22 May 2025
6-7pm at Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation
and online


Please join German writer Judith Hermann and translator Katy Derbyshire for a conversation about their work on Hermann's recently published book We Would Have Told Each Other Everything.  All are welcome and admission is free.

For more information and to book a ticket, please click here.

The Reception of Montesquieu in Asia: How the Enlightenment Influenced China and Japan
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
12-1pm at Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation

This talk explores how Enlightenment ideas—especially those of Montesquieu—were received and interpreted in East Asia. Drawing on comparative intellectual history, Prof. Anne Cheng, Chair of Chinese Intellectual History at Collège de France, considers the ways in which concepts such as liberty, law, and despotism were translated and reimagined in Chinese and Japanese contexts. The lecture reflects themes from her current course at the Collège de France, focusing on the intercultural circulation of philosophical ideas.

This talk is hosted by Trinity Centre for Asian Studies. Admission is free and all are welcome: please book your ticket here.


Indirect Translation Studies Workshop
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
10am-5pm, at Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation


Please join Dr James Hadley, Nayara Güércio and Dr Motoko Akashi for a day-long workshop on the field of Indirect Translation Studies. For more information and to register, please click here.

 

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-Key, University of East Anglia
Victoria Young, University of Cambridge

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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