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SUMMARY:Translating YA and Middle Grade Literature: A Primer
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T093000
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DESCRIPTION:Is translating YA and middle grade literature really that diff
 erent from translating literature for adults? How does one craft a compell
 ing and unique voice when translating for children? What are the pitfalls 
 when translating dialogue for this age group? What other challenges does t
 he translator face when navigating between two languages and cultures for 
 younger readers? How does one pitch such books? With the announcement of t
 he new Children's Booker highlighting the importance of young audiences\, 
 now is the time to try your hand at translating Arabic YA into English (no
  knowledge of Arabic necessary)\, with award-winning translator\, Sawad Hu
 ssain\, as your guide.\n\nSawad Hussain is a PEN Award-winning translator 
 from the Arabic. She has been shortlisted for The Warwick Prize for Women 
 in Translation\, the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize and the National Book Awar
 d for Translation\, and longlisted for the Moore Prize in Human Rights Wri
 ting\, among others. A former co-chair of the Translators' Association in 
 the UK\, Sawad has also served as a judge for the Palestine Book Awards an
 d the 2023 National Translation Award. She has run translation workshops u
 nder the auspices of Shadow Heroes\, Africa Writes\, Shubbak Festival\, th
 e Yiddish Book Center\, the British Library and the National Centre for Wr
 iting. In 2024\, she became the first translator-in-residence for "Wasafir
 i"\, and was the Spring 2025 translator-in-residence at PIIRS\, Princeton 
 University.
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LOCATION:St Anne's College\, Woodstock Road Oxford
SPEAKER:Sawad Hussain
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