How I(t) Work(s): Literary Translation

With:

• Rachel Martinez
• Chloé Savoie-Bernard
• Pablo Strauss

Moderated by Katia Grubisic

Quebec is a hotbed of literary translation. Many of our best translators are also writers, and many of our writers want to see their books translated, wanting to reach their fellow Quebecers who read in the other official language. But how does it work? If you have a translation project in mind, how do you get it onto the page? And how do you get your new book, published in English, translated and published in French? Winner of the Governor-General’s Literary Award for French-to-English Translation, local poet and editor Katia Grubisic will lead a discussion with three established translators working from French to English (Pablo Strauss) and English to French (Rachel Martinez and Chloé Savoie-Bernard). Learn how both the business and the art of translation work. Bring your curiosity to the Q&A.