Literary Translation Workshop

• Past SBC attendees are entitled to 20% off. Please request for promo code via [email protected].
• Special rates available to students and senior citizens (verification needed on programme day).
• This course is in process of being SkillsFuture credit available. Please check back again for updates or you may send in your interest for this funding to [email protected]

Jointly presented by the Singapore Book Council and Tender Leaves Translation, this Literary Translation Workshop will be presented in a hybrid format. It is a two-part programme of online video courses and a follow-up online workshop and session.

Engage in self-learning at your own pace with these easy-to-access and comprehensive online videos inclusive of audio transcriptions, helpful resources, and bonus materials! Participants also get to interact and start a discussion with other students who are enrolled in the different courses.

Price of ticket is inclusive of the listed below. Please note that participants are required to complete the online course work specified in the list before the due date to attend the workshop with Shelly Bryant.

From 8 May 2022 (Access to Online Course Materials):

• Participants will get access to selected online Tender Leaves courses for 2 months
• Over 6 weeks, participants are expected to complete 3 compulsory courses (total of 5 hours worth of video coursework) that will cover: what is literary translation, reading for translation, translating wordplay, freedom in translation, editing your translation and getting your translation published
• Participants to produce a work of literary translation from a text of their choice (any language translating into English) of up to 2,000 words of prose OR up to 10 pages of poetry by the 7th week, due 21 June 2023 at 12.00 pm.
• Participants are then required to provide written feedback to all the other participants before the in-person class in order to receive feedback from their peers and Shelly herself by 30 June 2023 12.00pm.

On 4 July 2023 (In-person):

• Participants will receive their feedback by all peers
• Participants will take turns sharing their feedback to their peers 1 on 1, 5 minutes each
• Participants will receive individual professional feedback from Shelly Bryant and also hear feedback for peer's works

Shelly Bryant is a poet, writer, translator, and traveler. She is a celebrated literary translator and owner / managing director of Tender Leaves Translation. You can learn more about her work at www.shellybryant.com

The workshop can be cancelled or postponed two weeks before the workshop date if the minimum number of participants is not met. Participants will be fully refunded for workshops cancelled by us.

Participants who are unable to attend a workshop they have registered for are to inform us of the reason two weeks before the workshop date. They will be fully refunded in the event of extenuating and mitigating circumstances (E.g. illness, bereavement, accidents) . Those who inform us up to 5 working days before the workshop date will receive a 50% refund. Those who did not turn up at the workshop will not receive a refund.

Upon registration, you are deemed to have read and understood the cancellation and withdrawal policy and accept the terms contained therein.

Please note there is no lift to the venue.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Singapore Book Council, Training Room, Goodman Arts Centre, 90 Goodman Road, Block E, #03-32, Singapore, Singapore