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Candice Whitney

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Joined January 2021
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This Thurs, Oct. 21st, join us for our next Literary Translation Clinic with Cedilla & Co., "How Do We Sustain a Translation Practice?" Bruna Dantas Lobato and Jennifer Shyue will discuss hobbies, community, and making a living as a translator. Register: bit.ly/3lMZuX6
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NourbeSe Philip@mnourbese13 Oct 2021
A CALL TO ACTION The immediate destruction of the unauthorized translation of Zong! as told to the author by Setaey Adamu Boateng. To voice your support for Zong! and its legacy, sign our petition chng.it/NwL4hRpMb4 #zong! #ethics
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Jenny Croft@jenniferlcroft10 Sep 2021
It’s bad business, it doesn’t hold us accountable for our choices, and in its wilful obfuscation it is a practice that is disrespectful not only to us, but to readers as well. theguardian.com/books/2021/s…
Why translators should be named on book covers

Why translators should be named on book covers

Publishers avoid highlighting the people who choose every word of the books they bring to English readers. This lack of transparency is misguided and unfair

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In our July 2021 translation slam feature, Barbara Ofosu-Somuah, Alta L. Price, and Candice Whitney offer three different translations of a poem by Somali-born Italian writer Rahma Nur on diaspora, language, and the body. Read the feature:

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Jenny Croft@jenniferlcroft26 Feb 2021
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far away, there was a book called Księgi Jakubowe.
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