Open to translators working from any language into English
(or from English into Spanish)
Are you interested in literary translation? Could you use extra support or feedback to develop a project or to finally start (or finish!) that literary translation you’ve always dreamed of doing? Are you on the verge of submitting a literary translation for publication, but unsure where to send it?
Join Allison deFreese and literary translators from around the world for this fun, collaborative, interactive winter workshop!
This virtual workshop uses Google Docs and is held in Canvas, an online platform accessible only to event participants. It does not require scheduled meetings or login times (though participants have the opportunity to meet, optionally, via Zoom every other Friday at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time**, if they choose . . . days and times may change according to workshop participants' needs).
**Click here for your time zone.
- Questions? Please email Allison at alasverdestranslationnw [at] gmail . com
- Have you previously attended this translation workshop? Please email conference [at] ostiweb.org about workshop discounts.
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 Crédito de foto, Fotografía Ávila - 2024
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Workshop Facilitator: A former National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellow and James A. Michener Writing Fellow, Allison A. deFreese's translations and work appear in Asymptote, Conduit, Copper Nickel, Five Points, Gulf Coast, New England Review, Harvard Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and World Literature Today. Her recent literary translations include María Negroni’s Elegy for Joseph Cornell (Dublin: Dalkey Archive Press, 2020); José Moreno Hernández’s Soaring to New Heights: The Memoir of a Child Migrant Farmworker Who Became a NASA Astronaut (Renuevo, 2020, José M. Hernández’s story is now a motion picture, A Million Miles Away/A millones de kilómetros); Verónica González Arredondo’s Green Fires of the Spirits (the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla's University Press, Libros BUAP, Mexico, 2022), Carolina Esses' Winter Season (Seattle: Entre Ríos Books, 2023), Karla Marrufo's Flame Trees in May (Dallas: Deep Vellum Publishing, 2023), and Luciana Jazmín Coronado's Dinner at Las Heras, which was a finalist in Poetry International's Chapbook Competition, won the 2023 C&R Press Winter Soup Bowl Chapbook Prize was published in October, 2024.
Allison is president of the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters (OSTI) and teaches in the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley's online MA in Translation and Interpreting Program.
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Comments from previous workshops:
"Whether you are considering just trying to translate a literary work for the first time or have lots of experience, OSTI's literary translation workshop is a welcoming place where you will find colleagues, ideas and support. Allison is a splendid support, full of ideas and encouragement, and the people and works you encounter are priceless."
Rebecca, Spanish into English
"I was very impressed and amazed by Allison's level of dedication to reviewing the texts - especially given that the source language was not one of her "official" languages. Her feedback was thorough and supportive, and I look forward to working with Allison again in the future."
Literary Translator, E.U.
"I am so glad I took the time to participate in this workshop. Translation is a passion for me, but since I have a full time job I cannot attend a formal translation school. This online workshop was the perfect fit. I got comments on my translation project every week from amazing translators, both professional and amateur. The feedback was very thoughtful; it made me think about what I was writing in a different way and opened my eyes to issues I had never considered before. I learned so much!"
Julie, Spanish to English literary translator, Chile
"Allison deFreese encompasses everything I could have hoped for in a workshop instructor. She is thoroughly professional in the feedback she provides---in terms of both editing (she has eagle eyes!) and conceptual suggestions. Further, she offers guidance toward publishing and helpful articles, both theoretical and practical. As a novice literary translator, I thoroughly appreciated Allison’s ability to deliver professional skills and insights in a caring, sharing, and personable manner, and I have already registered for her next OSTI workshop."
C. Strauss Sotiropoulos, professor emerita, Northern Michigan University
"This workshop is great in various ways: It provides me with the opportunity to meet interesting translators, get exposure to their work and learn from their practice, edit their texts and receive meaningful and helpful feedback on my own work as well. I also get to learn from Allison, receive her super helpful feedback, and meet and chat with everyone during the Zoom meetings. Also by having to share my work on a weekly basis, I am incentivized to work regularly on my translation."
Literary Translator, U.K.
The OSTI Literary Translation Workshop came at the perfect time for me! As a translator of children's literature, I thought the group might be too high-brow, but they all jumped in with both feet and gave me the feedback I needed to move ahead. I have two pieces ready to submit to publishers, thanks to the insight of Allison and the amazing international group.
Karla, Translator of Children's Literature, Austin, TX