Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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What is it like to be a literary translator in 2025?

Join Yarri Kamara, Elena Pala, and Shaun Whiteside as they share their personal journeys working between Italian and English. Discover what drew them to literary translation, what keeps them in the field despite today’s challenges, and their thoughts on existing support, and what more they would like to see in the future.

Their conversation is chaired by Barbara Ofosu-Somuah. 

Part of the BCLT Italian-English advanced translation workshop, in partnership with BCLT and the Italian Cultural Institute

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