Welcome
Staging texts: interactive space
Jan Wilm
Translating Myself and Others
In his keynote, Jan Wilm reflects on his practice of literary translation from English into German while also drawing on his experience with Norwegian, Spanish, and Italian texts. He explores how working simultaneously as writer and translator shapes his Janus-faced approach, drawing parallels with the poetics of writers as diverse as Jorge Luis Borges, Samuel Beckett, J. M. Coetzee, and Lydia Davis. He will also discuss his practice of self-translation between German and English before addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by AI and a rapidly changing literary marketplace.
Lunch break
Staging texts: interactive space
Staging texts: interactive space
Closing
Workshop 1
Rokus Hofstede
George Perec, Lieux
Translation Workshop French > Dutch
In a traditional literary translation workshop, each participant translates the same source text. They compare the different versions and the varying approaches then form the core of the workshop. In this translation workshop, participants translate different source texts. As well as gaining translation experience, the primary aim here is to introduce participants to the work of Georges Perec (1936–1982), one of the most original, witty and exciting writers of the twentieth century, and to one of his most dizzying writing projects, the so-called ‘Lieux’ project.
Workshop 2
Kristen Gehrman
From Words to Worlds: The Subtle Art of Translating Dutch Realia into English
In this workshop, we will work on a selection of excerpts from Dutch and Flemish fiction that contain 'untranslatable' cultural details that carry worlds of meaning. We will put AI to the test, explore where it struggles, and celebrate the ingenuity of the human translator.
Workshop 3
Isabelle Rosselin
Why not use a hammer to drive in a nail? – Literary Translation and Artificial Intelligence
Using concrete examples, the workshop compares translations from Dutch into French across different styles and types of content. Can we get used to machine-generated writing?
