PETRA-E's 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI

Thursday 28 – Friday 29 May 2026, Online

The PETRA-E Network is delighted to hold its third conference on literary translation, hosted by the British Centre for Literary Translation.

There is much discussion at present about the impact of generative artificial intelligence on the world of literary translation, and translator organisations have been understandably circumspect, but as the perceived threat of AI intensifies, so too does interest in the uniquely human factors that translators bring to their work.

This conference will focus on the human creativity that is resistant to the rise of AI – on the extent to which the literary translator can be considered an original author, how creativity and experimentation can be cultivated in the classroom, how a translator’s creativity might need to be constrained and how it thrives on constraints.

This is a hybrid hybrid event, but bookings are now closed for in-person attendance.  

Join us online:

Thursday 28 May from 1pm - 6pm

Friday 29 May from 9am - 6pm