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Collaborative Translation Workshop with Eleni Kefala and Peter Constantine
March 19, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Free
Booking Required
Join award-winning translator and poet duo, Peter Constantine and Eleni Kefala, for an engaging collaborative translation workshop.
All welcome: no language or translation experience required.
Join award-winning visiting translator and poet duo, Peter Constantine and Eleni Kefala, for a fun, engaging collaborative translation workshop. The visiting translator will provide a ‘crib’, or basic word-for-word translation of a poem by the visiting poet, after which we’ll form groups tasked with teasing out different wordings and phrasings for the translation. From these different versions, we’ll collaboratively create a single translation with guidance from the visiting translator. Join us!
Note: this event is only available to Manchester Metropolitan University students. Booking is required through RISE.
About the Moderators
Eleni Kefala is a senior lecturer in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Saint Andrews. Her second poetry collection, Time Stitches, was awarded the State Prize for Poetry in Cyprus.
Peter Constantine is a distinguished translator, writer and activist dedicated to preserving and promoting linguistic diversity. His English translation of Time Stitches featured in the Words Without Borders’ ‘8 Poetry Collections in Translation to Read in 2022’ and was awarded the 2022 Elizabeth Constantinides Prize. Also an artist, his Lost Wor(l)ds exhibition will be launched on the 20th of March and displayed at the Poetry Library until the 20th of April.