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British Centre for Literary Translation

We are Britain’s leading centre for the study and support of literary translation

Welcome...

WE WERE Founded in

1989

at the University of East Anglia, Norwich

OUR LIBRARY HOLDS works in

80+

languages

We have hosted

Literary translation Summer Schools

What's happening...

The cover of the book "Nature" by Manon Bucciarèlli, featuring a vibrant collage of illustrated animals, insects, and plants on a white background.

Translating Children’s Illustrated Non-Fiction Books with Josephine Murray

Wednesday 14 October – 5.30-7pm, Online

What effect do illustrations and layout have on the translation process? How do style, ethics and research feature in the translation of non-fiction? In this workshop Josephine will take us through creative exercises based on Myths, Cities and Nature by Manon Bucciarelli (Harper Collins, 2026 and 2025) to explore the translation of illustrated non-fiction children's books. 

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Translating Style

with Jean Boase-Beier

Wednesday 30 September - 3-4.30pm, Online

In order to be able to translate a literary text well, it is crucial to understand its style. Without due attention to style the resulting translation might be linguistically correct, but there will be something missing. In this workshop we will discuss what literary style is, and look at examples in various languages.