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Translating is Writing - but have you tried just writing? ✍️☀️

#TranslationTips #LiteraryTranslation #CreativeTranslation #Creativity #TranslationCommunity #TranslationsStudies #Writing
September 21, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Kicking off our translation tips with some wise words from Rosalind Harvey ✍️ 😄

(If you already like to be a little bit nosy then you're ahead of the game! 😉)

#TranslationTips #LiteraryTranslation #CreativeTranslation #Creativity #TranslationCommunity #TranslationsStudies #Curiosity
June 8, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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The third and final interview snippet from BCLT Translator-in-Residence, Rosalind Harvey (@hrosalinde). 📖🎓️

Still want more? 😁 Watch the full video on our website: www.bclt.org.uk/translators-...

#Translation #TranslatorsInResidence #LiteraryTranslation #TranslationMA #CreativeTranslation
July 3, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Words of wisdom (and reassurance 😅🤫) from one of our current translators in residence, Rosalind Harvey.

#TranslationTips #LiteraryTranslation #InsiderInsight #CreativeTranslation #Creativity #TranslationCommunity #TranslationsStudies #SuchaRelief
August 3, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Meet our MA students! And find out how they'd sum up their experience in a single word...

#Translation #Translators #Students #WritingInTranslation #MA #LiteraryTranslation #CreativeTranslation

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June 2, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Our resources offer students the opportunity to explore authentic literature and culture in their target languages, and to practise some #CreativeTranslation before the competition. They are also perfect materials for celebrating #EuropeanDayOfLanguages and #InternationalTranslationDay! 🌍

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September 11, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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1 month left to enter the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators!

Register here: www.queens.ox.ac.uk/research-at-...

#AntheaBellPrize #CreativeTranslation #edusky
February 27, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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1 week to go! #Teachers, join Stacie Allan and Ali Al-Jamri for a free webinar on #CreativeTranslation in the English classroom.

Perfect preparation for #SSTPoetryPrize2025!

Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-t...
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June 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators is now OPEN! 🎉

Over the next few weeks, secondary school students aged 11-18 will be translating short competition texts from six languages. 📚

🔗 For more information, visit: www.queens.ox.ac.uk/research-at-...

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QTE Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators Now Open for Submissions
February 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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This Wednesday 19 November!

Join us online 6pm-7:30pm to celebrate the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and another wonderful year of #CreativeTranslation at the Stephen Spender Trust.

Book tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stephen-sp...

#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight #youngpoets
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November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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It's a record-breaking year for the Anthea Bell Prize! Over 22,000 pupils across the UK took part in QTE's national translation competition, inspiring creativity, curiosity & a love of languages. tinyurl.com/ytbubkjw
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A record-breaking year for the Anthea Bell Prize - The Queen's College, Oxford
2025 marked the fifth year of the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, the Queen’s Translation Exchange’s annual translation competition for secondary schools. This year, a record number of studen...
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April 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Translated by David Colmer!

Why not use #CreativeTranslation to engage your students with poetry for #NationalPoetryDay?

Free resources: www.stephen-spender.org/resources/

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October 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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This is a GREAT blog, brilliant club created by English teacher Ali Al-Jamri - ideas,resources, pedagogical approaches 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 #CreativeTranslation #EAL #Multilingualism #TeamEnglish #Edusky Thx to Stephen Spender Trust for sharing hhttps://worldkidlit.org/2023/03/27/poetry-translation-schools/u
Multilingual inclusion in a UK secondary school: translating poetry at Creative Writing Club
Joining us from Salford, England, is secondary school English teacher and bilingual poet Ali Al-Jamri who shares his experience of translating poems with his school’s Creative Writing Club… B…
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November 27, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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Interview snippet number two from the wonderful Rosalind Harvey! ☀️

Watch the full interview on our website: www.bclt.org.uk/translators-...

#Translation #TranslatorsInResidence #LiteraryTranslation #TranslationMA #CreativeTranslation #Translators #Interview #InsiderInsights
June 26, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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Our first tip from Charlotte Whittle, kicking us off with some insight into the freedom that comes from limitations 🤔🧡

#TranslationTips #LiteraryTranslation #CreativeTranslation #Creativity #TranslationCommunity #TranslationsStudies #FreedomInTranslation
June 22, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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The translations will be judged by a team of Oxford students and professional literary translators, with Area and National Winners to be announced in June 2026.​ 🏆

#Languages #CreativeTranslation #AntheaBellPrize #ShoutOutForGerman
January 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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2 weeks to go! Join us online on 19 November 6pm-7:30pm to celebrate the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and another wonderful year of #CreativeTranslation at the Stephen Spender Trust!

Book free tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stephen-sp...

#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #poetry #multilingualism
Stephen Spender Trust: 2025 Celebration Event
Join us to celebrate the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and the highlights of the Stephen Spender Trust year!
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November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Is there more than one way to be a translator? 🤔 Hear from archive fellow Daniel Hahn in conversation with Thomas Boll, curator of the translation collection at the British Archive for Contemporary Writing. 📖🎓️

#TranslationArchives #Translation #Translate #ArchivalWork #CreativeTranslation
May 26, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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We love these photos from the final projects of MA students in their Literary Translation as a Creative Writing Practice module - so artistic! 🥰

Find out more about studying for an MA in Literary Translation with BCLT: www.bclt.org.uk/bclt-ma-lite...

#CreativeTranslation #LiteraryTranslation
May 21, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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A taste of Charlotte's recent workshop, "Write Like a Translator".

We'll be sharing some snippets of wisdom from her in our upcoming Translation Tips posts, so keep an eye out! 👀😁

#Translation #Workshop #Writing&Translation #LiteraryTranslation #CreativeTranslation

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June 4, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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Some highlights from last month's PETRA-E conference on Creative Translation in the age of AI 📖👩‍💻😊

Take a look on our website for more info, or read the article here: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...

#Conference #Community #LiteraryTranslation #CreativeTranslation #Humans&AI #ThoughtfulTranslation
June 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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English teachers! Join our very own Stacie Allan with Ali Al-Jamri for a webinar on #CreativeTranslation in the English classroom!

17 June 16:45 -17:30

Hosted by @englishassociation.bsky.social

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May 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Our latest #CreativeTranslation Digest has landed!

Find all the key dates for the 2025-26 school year and info about current projects and competitions:
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The Stephen Spender Trust and the Queen's College Translation Exchange present a year in Creative Translation key dates: ANTHEA Bell Prize poetry resources PUBLISHED 19 September 2025 European Day of Languages 26 September 2025 International Translation Day 30 September 2025 Anthea Bell Prize fiction resources PUBLISHED October 2025 STEPHEN SPENDER TRUST 2025 CELEBRATION EVENT STEPHEN SPENDER PRIZE 2025 WINNERS announced 19 November 2025 Anthea Bell Prize non-fiction resources PUBLISHED January 2026 Literature fires the imagination (SPRING SERIES) Creative Translation Professional Learning (PL) for teachers in Wales JAN - FEB 2026 Anthea Bell PRIZE 2026 competition phase 2 Feb - 27 March 2026 World Book Day browse our AUTHENTIC TEXTS DATABASE 7 March 2025 World Poetry Day BROWSE OUR POETRY TRANSLATION ACTIVITIES 21 March 2026 Stephen Spender Prize 2026 open for entries 1 MAY - 31 JULY 2026 Literature fires the imagination (SUMMER SERIES)
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Calling language teachers in Wales!

Fire your learners’ imaginations and literacy skills this June/July with our #CreativeTranslation professional learning courses for primary and secondary.

Register now for your free place: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr

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March 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Calling IL practitioners in Wales!
Join us over Zoom on Wed 22 April 4pm-4:45pm for the launch of our new peer support network!

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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"What a fantastic PL. I thoroughly enjoyed the sessions, which were well organised, enjoyable and impactful. The training materials and resources are excellent. I’ve already got started with two classes and outcomes have been amazing – songs, raps and lots of fantastic creative translations." Secondary PL course participant (Spring Term 2026) "Am Gwrs DP gwych. Fe wnes i fwynhau’r sesiynau’n fawr; roedden nhw wedi’u trefnu’n dda, ac yn hynod ddifyr ac effeithiol. Mae’r deunyddiau a’r adnoddau hyfforddi’n ardderchog. Dw i eisoes wedi dechrau gwneud hyn gyda dau ddosbarth ac mae’r canlyniadau wedi bod yn anhygoel – caneuon, rapiau a llawer o gyfieithiadau creadigol gwych.” Cyfranogwr yn y cwrs DP uwchradd (Tymor y Gwanwyn 2026)
April 14, 2026 at 4:14 PM