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Litquake, San Francisco's Literary Festival

Three translators, five-plus languages, and more industry insights than we can count!

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Litquake 2024, San Francisco's Literary Festival

Founded in 1999, Litquake Festival 2024 runs from October 10-26 in venues all over Bay Area. 140+ events featuring 500+ writers and performers! More info about all of our programs at litquake.org.

Part of Litquake’s Words Around the WorldCo-presented with Center for the Art of Translation/Two Lines PressTranslator Sophie Hughes describes translation as “a playful pursuit of equilibrium across an entire work, an exhilarating and, yes, joyful balancing act of loyalties: to sense, to significance, and to style.” Writer and translator May Huang who translates from Chinese; Sabrina Jaszi, a writer and translator working from Russian, Uzbek, and Ukrainian languages; and Japanese translator and professor Andrew Way Leong talk about their own “playful pursuits” and “balancing acts” in their translation practices and offer insight into their methods and projects. Moderated by Giovanna Lomanto. FREE, $10-15 suggested donationBook sales for this event coordinated by<a href="https://telegraphhillbooks.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoo7wpazh0lhVM9_Mq1lAMweC3XmoZ8Tdrmi62PnH4unNC30HKn7" title="https://telegraphhillbooks.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoo7wpazh0lhVM9_Mq1lAMweC3XmoZ8Tdrmi62PnH4unNC30HKn7" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Telegraph Books.</a>

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