Translator Or Activist - A Session by English PEN - a podcast by Free Word

TRANSLATOR OR ACTIVIST? Join PEN staff for an informal session on the crossover between translation and activism.

For more than 50 years, PEN has been campaigning on behalf of writers at risk around the world - whether imprisoned, on trial, subject to threats or whose work is banned. Translation has always been a crucial component of this work: helping to inform the outside world of their situation, facilitating contact with their families and legal teams, and giving a voice to those that have been silenced.

In more recent years, PEN has also worked with displaced writers and those living in exile, many of whom have themselves been at risk in their own countries and often struggle to have their voices heard here in the UK.
During this informal session, we will discuss the various ways in which translators can support PEN’s work and, more generally, use their linguistic skills for good.

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