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Buzzing with enthusiasm after delivering a creative translation workshop to a group of Y6 students, who really engaged with the Spanish-language poem. Translation is a powerful tool for developing a range of transferible cross-curricular skills!
@StephenSpender@TranslationExch
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- Secondary school teacher
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Perhaps I can tout the wonderful venture by @TranslationExch for young students of modern languages - the Anthea Bell Prize, named after my late mother. Too few people in UK have a second language. No one, of any age, should be diffident in acquiring one. queens.ox.ac.uk/research-at-…
Thrilled to be hosting award-winning author Nicol Hochholczerová, along with translators Julia and Peter Sherwood, for a conversation on writing, translation and contemporary Slovak lit. Tickets below!
📍 Queen's College, Oxford
đź“… Weds 7 May, 5-6:30
🎟️ tinyurl.com/33u4xb8e
We had a record number of entries for the @TranslationExch Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators. The top 5 in each language & level have gone off to the national competition and recognition points will be awarded to all the @rgshw students who entered. Well done and good luck!
So wonderful to see all the Anthea Bell Prize submissions coming in! There's still plenty of time to take part in this year's competition. We'll be accepting entries until 04/04. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/3apad95v
For German Week, we're celebrating the German strand of the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators! Just 2 weeks left to enter this year's competition. Get involved and access our free creative translation resources here: tinyurl.com/3apad95v. #shoutoutforgerman@GI_London1
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"It's already created a real buzz in languages lessons, and it hasn't even started yet!" - great to hear from the hub school for our new Think Like a #Linguist programme, launched last night in #Blackpool with @TranslationExch @QueensOutreach queens.ox.ac.uk/research-at-…
We're holding a free webinar for Russian teachers on Monday 13 Jan, 4-5pm about the new Russian strand of the Anthea Bell Prize! All Russian teachers are invited to join us to find out more about our teaching resources and the competition.
Register here: tinyurl.com/3r93u8zy
Ever wondered what happens at a Creative Translation workshop? Hear from pupils, teachers, Oxford student ambassadors and our Director @charlotteryland about QTE's Creative Translation Ambassadors programme and our work in schools: tinyurl.com/59pptum5
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This wonderful illustrated booklet of translations produced by participants at our Thomas Traherne Creative Translation workshop last month features translations of Traherne's 'Walking' in eleven languages, including Welsh, Pashto and Italian: tinyurl.com/2xdc9bmn