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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.
NEW: 2026 French Visiting Translator Fellowship
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Applications for this prestigious fellowship are now open! Please click here for all the details. The closing date for applications is Friday, 12 December 2025.
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World Fiction Book Club
Tuesday,
11 November 2025
6:30-7:30pm (online)
 Please join a discussion about The Rainbow by Yasunari Kawabata, translated from the Japanese by Hadyn Trowell. All are welcome and admission is free, but you must register here to receive the zoom link. You can find more information about the book club here. |
Taiwan-Ireland Poetry Translation
2025 Competition Winners' Slam
10-11am, Wednesday 10 December 2025
online (zoom)
This annual competition explores the range of languages and traditions found in Taiwan, and examines how these can be linked to the poetry tradition of Ireland.
This year's poem is 詩歌朗讀: 如歌——致107歲mumu遠行｜Poetry Reading: Like a Song — For Mumu, Departed at 107, written by Dong Shu-Ming (董恕明), a writer of Puyuma and Han heritage, based in Taitung, Taiwan.
Applicants from all over the world submitted translations and we will be hosting a conversation with the three winning entrants, to discuss their experiences of translating the poem, and the challenges they faced along the way. We hope you can join us: for more information and to reserve your spot, please click here.
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11:30am-1:30pm,
Thursdays
6th, 13th and 20th November; and 4th December 2025
at 36 Fenian Street, Dublin D02 CH22
Our readings of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy will run again this year, from September 2025 to April 2026. There will be 13 readings in total 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 readings as you wish. Please sign up for each reading that you would like to attend. Admission is free, but booking is essential: you can find all the dates and booking information here.
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