Translation Day Singapore Workshop Bundles

In Their Own Words: Translating Character Dialogue

10AM – 12PM (SGT) @ Blue Room, The Arts House

Join acclaimed translator Arunava Sinha for a hands-on workshop on the art and nuance of translating dialogue. Participants will learn techniques for handling slang, as well as strategies for preserving character voice, cultural nuance, and subtext.

Facilitator: Arunava Sinha

Pitching Workshop

1PM – 3PM (SGT) @ Blue Room, The Arts House

Learn how to effectively pitch your translation work with prolific translator Anton Hur! This hands-on workshop highlights how to level up your pitch and further expounds on the art of the opening paragraph, making sure you'll capture an editor's attention and successfully sell your project. Bring the opening paragraph of a book you wish to pitch and put what you've learnt into action!

Facilitator: Anton Hur

About the Facilitators

Anton Hur is the author of Toward Eternity and the translator of Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny, Baek Sehee’s I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, Lee Seong-bok’s Indeterminate Inflorescence, Kyung-Sook Shin’s Violets, and others.

He was double-longlisted and shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, a finalist for the National Book Award, and nominated for the Dublin Literary Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He resides in Seoul.

Arunava Sinha

Arunava Sinha translates classic, modern, and contemporary fiction, non-fiction and poetry from Bengali and Hindi into English. He also translates fiction and poetry from English and Hindi into Bengali. Over 95 of his translations have been published so far in India, the UK, the USA, and Australia. He has won or been shortlisted for various translation prizes in India, the UK, the USA, and Australia. He teaches at Ashoka University, where he is also the co-director of the Ashoka Centre for Translation, and is the Books Editor at Scroll.in.

Cancellation Policy

The programme can be cancelled or postponed two weeks before the date if the minimum number of participants is not met. Participants will be fully refunded for programmes cancelled by us.

Participants who are unable to attend a programme they have registered for are to inform us of the reason two weeks before the programme date. They will be fully refunded in the event of extenuating and mitigating circumstances (E.g. illness, bereavement, accidents)/ Those who inform us up to 5 working days before the programme date will receive a 50% refund. Those who did not turn up at the programme will not receive a refund. 

Upon registration, you are deemed to have read and understood the terms and conditions and cancellation policy and accept the terms contained therein.

All information given is correct at the time of publishing, but is subject to change without prior notice. The Organiser reserves all rights to amend any terms and conditions without prior notice, and, in the event of any dispute, the Organiser’s decision is final.

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