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D V Subhashri reads Mohammed Khadeer Babu's THAT'S A FIRE ANT RIGHT THERE (Speaking Tiger Books)

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 6d

Dear friends, we're so sorry about the audio issue with the Telugu-to-English author/translator reading we posted on 30 Sept to mark #ITD! Here's the corrected video by translator @subhashri.bsky.social & author Mohammed Khadeer Babu, from THAT'S A FIRE ANT RIGHT THERE. Enjoy!
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Ian Giles reads from Andrev Walden’s BLOODY AWFUL IN DIFFERENT WAYS (Fig Tree, 2025)

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 6d

Vivid, joyful, raw, tender, Andrev Walden's BLOODY AWFUL IN DIFFERENT WAYS is a novel about growing up in the chaos of social change; about how love begins & ends; and above all, about men. Sound interesting? Here's a taste, read by translator @iangiles.bsky.social himself! youtu.be/ruwop7t0dME?...

Rose Facchini reads from Maico Morellini's INN OF THE SURVIVORS (Snuggly Books, 2025)

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 14d

Delighted to feature @rosefacchini.bsky.social reading from INN OF THE SURVIVORS, out now from @snugglybooks.bsky.social, a visionary & highly relevant tale of climate dystopia, mystery, and longing for a lost world set amid the mists of the Po Valley forests and a desolate Adriatic.

A visionary tale of climate dystopia, mystery, and longing for a lost world. Amid the mists of the Po Valley forests and a desolate Adriatic, this is both an existential story of homesickness and a…

ON MEMOIR: A TRANSLATOR'S JOURNEY featuring translator Dani James

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 16d

It's #ITD -- International Translation Day! The first part of our double feature celebrating translators today is the short film ON MEMOIR: A TRANSLATOR'S CRAFT featuring Dani James, an exploration of creative choices that's a must-see for anyone interested in the art of translation. buff.ly/Axb6jRj

Inside the Translation Process with Dani James This short documentary explores the translation journey behind Return to the Place I Never Left, a Holocaust survival memoir by Tobias Schiff. Writer…

Giaime Alonge and translator Clarissa Botsford read from THE FEELING OF IRON (Europa Editions, 2025)

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 21d

Giaime Alonge and translator Clarissa Botsford read from THE FEELING OF IRON (europaeditions.bsky.social, 2025). From the horrors of WWII to the spy games of the Cold War: a haunting tale of survival, vengeance, and the enduring shadows of history.

From the horrors of WWII to the spy games of the Cold War: a haunting tale of survival, vengeance, and the enduring shadows of history A New York Times Editors’ Choice Shlomo Libowitz and Anton…

A story of love, waves, and the arms trade - BBC Reel

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 27d

This reading is from the chapter The Trade Winds, in which Anna falls for the charismatic photographer Guillermo and impulsively drops everything to sail around the world with him. More of Anna’s adventures aboard can be seen in the BBC documentary she made about the journey: buff.ly/8vQtSd4

A filmmaker remembers the love story that took her on a sailing trip around the world with Guillermo Cervera, a photographer whose father was involved in the international arms trade. Written and…

Charlotte Coombe & Laura McGloughlin read from Anna Pazos' KILLING THE NERVE (Foundry Editions 2025)

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 27d

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 27d

KILLING THE NERVE by annapazos.bsky.social, co-translated by cmctranslations.bsky.social & Laura McGloughlin is OUT THIS WEEK, published by Foundry Editions. "This novel will hit like a revelation; restless, questioning, and indelible." buff.ly/sJQqwNm

In this tour de force of auto-journalism, Anna Pazos explores the end of youth and the beginning of adulthood for the global nomad generation. We are taken on a journey from the ‘Mediterranean…

Zack Rogow reads from Henry Murger's THE WATER DRINKERS (Black Widow Press, 2025)

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 28d

Delighted to share prizewinning translator Zack Rogow's reading from THE WATER DRINKERS by Henry Murger, a leading writer of the Romantic movement & master chronicler of the heartbreaks & follies of 19th-century Paris. First-ever English translation! Out now from Black Widow Press.

Henry Murger is best known for writing the book and play that Giacomo Puccini used as the basis of his delicious opera La Bohème, later the source of Jonathan Larson’s musical Rent. Murger actually…

Alice Banks reads from Lucía Alba Martínez’s ANIMALITOS (seeking a publisher)

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Sep 11

Today we feature translator Alice Banks reading from ANIMALITOS, an ode to childhood and a reflection on the harshness of adult life and the human capacity to overcome. A unique, raw and delicate debut novel reminiscent of Ocean Vuong and Ottessa Moshfegh. Seeking a publisher! #xl8

Inés is twenty-five years old, she has lost her job, she lives alone, most of her friends have gone to live in other cities, and she cannot get over her breakup with Javi. She has put her degree on…

Translators Aloud Submissions

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Sep 10

We're back from our summer break! And ready to share a host of wonderful readings in translation with you this autumn. We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS and have a new (hopefully easier) submissions process. Simply fill in the Google form: buff.ly/czKIq7K and attach your video file when prompted. 👍

Submit your work using the Google form

An Interview with Lisa Lucas - Believer Magazine

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · Sep 9

History majors have lower unemployment than computer science majors.

Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.

Study history! Get a job!

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Tina Kover @tinakover.bsky.social · Sep 10

Oh! Don't miss out on this interview with the savvy, generous, sharp and empathetic literary treasurehuman that is @likaluca.bsky.social 💜

The Believer @thebeliever.net · Aug 28

“You need people to hire you, train you, teach you, recommend you, correct you—in a caring and non-scary way, which is often the difference between a mentor and a boss—congratulate you, and keep you humble.”

— @likaluca.bsky.social, interviewed Szilvia Molnar

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The first time I met Lisa Lucas was around 2012, through mutual publishing friends, in the early days after my arrival in New York City. While I was a wide-eyed foreigner trying to cobble together a n...

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Left on the Shelf Book Blog @leftontheshelf1.bsky.social · Sep 4

On the blog today is my book review of Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka. It has been translated from Japanese by @ginnytkmr.bsky.social This is a new edition publishing by @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social today and is well worth reading.

Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka and Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori - #bookreview

Left on the Shelf Book Blog Book Reviews Book Information Recommendations Writing Reading Books for Children Books for Adults Books for Teens Fiction

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Sep 2

We're celebrating publication day for Peter Thompson's translation of poet Tahar Bekri's THE DESERT AT DUSK, out now from @contramundumpress.bsky.social, a collection evoking the Tunisian desert both as a reminiscence of childhood & a condemnation of Islamic radical fundamentalists.

Peter Thompson reads from Tahar Bekri's THE DESERT AT DUSK (Contra Mundum Press, 2025)

A book of poetry, recent, evoking the Tunisian desert—both as a reminiscence of oasis childhood, and as a condemnation of the new desert “warriors,” the Islamic radical fundamentalists. Some of the…

The last word: AI-based translation startups are booming, but at a human cost

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · Aug 4

Hi human translators! If you know a fab story or novel that fits our list (speculative / horror / weird / pulp / crime), and you can make it sound great in English, hit us up.

South Asian languages especially, but we're interested in SE Asian & African stuff too

the-captable.com/2025/08/insi...

Translation helps the world understand itself. But AI does it faster, cheaper, and more consistently, creating a boom for startups and a crisis for humans who spent years mastering foreign languages.

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Aug 22

With the brilliance of #WITMonth in August and #WorldKidLitMonth in September, this time of year is a surfeit of riches for literature in translation! We've got dedicated playlists for #WIT + #kidlit + so much more--do check us out!
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TRANSLATORS ALOUD: THE VOICE OF TRANSLATED LITERATURE A place for translators to read their own work; a positive space for sharing great literature, read aloud by the translators themselves. Submiss...

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Aug 14

Bravo, @robmunb.bsky.social! #Translation fans, to watch the translator himself read an excerpt from this poignant and unique novel, just click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xs3...

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Aug 14

How great does this look? #WITMonth

ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · Aug 14

THE FIRST WIFE: A Tale of Polygamy, Mozambican #WITMonth novel of polygamy's costs by Mozambique's first published woman novelist via @archipelagobooks.bsky.social #Booksky
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THE FIRST WIFE: A Tale of Polygamy, Mozambican novel of polygamy's costs by Mozambique's first published woman novelist

THE FIRST WIFE: A Tale of Polygamy PAULINA CHIZIANE (tr. David Brookshaw) Archipelago Books $6.99 ebook, available now Rating: 4* of...

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Tina Kover @tinakover.bsky.social · Aug 13

A joy as always to chat with my dear friend @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social! The topic this time: literary #translation and AI: to hope or not to hope?
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Zooming In: Tina Kover on the future of literary translation – imperilled or defiantly bright?

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Gwen Clayton reads from Juan S. Guse's LÄRM UND WÄLDER (NOISE AND NATURE) (seeking a publisher)

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Aug 3

Paging @graywolfpress.bsky.social @12willowspress.bsky.social @milkweededitions.bsky.social: here's your next acquisition: Gwen Clayton's translation of Juan S. Guse's NOISE AND NATURE, a dystopian tale set in a gated Argentinian community falling prey to climate change...
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Women in Translation #WIT #Read_WIT

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Aug 2

August is Women in Translation Month! Celebrate the work of the world's best female writers, read by the incredibly talented women (and men) who translate them, with our dedicated playlist--currently 323 videos strong (!!!) and always growing. #WITmonth

Women in Translation playlist. Translations of women authors read by their literary translators. #Women #WIT #WITMonth #womenintranslation #womenwriters #IWD...

Kathy Saranpa reads from Gun-Britt Sundström's ENGAGEMENT (Penguin Modern Classics, 2025)

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Aug 2

Delighted to see #translator Kathy Saranpa and #Swedish author #Gun-Britt #Sundström in the spotlight for #WITmonth with ENGAGEMENT, the classic #anti-marriage novel now available in English translation from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social! Watch a reading from ENGAGEMENT here:
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