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• Translation in the Spotlight – Open mic night!

  • When
    07/17/2025
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    17:30 - 19:30
  • Location
    Folio, the Seattle Athenaeum, 93 Pike Street, #307
  • Spaces left
    26

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  NOTIS’s Northwest Literary Translators present:

  Translation open mic night
  
  Date, time, and location: Thursday, 7/17/2025, 17:30 – 19:30 @ Folio, the Seattle Athenaeum, 93 Pike Street, #307

  Come spend a summer evening with the hottest translators in town! Literary translators will gather at Folio to share excerpts from their work in translation — any genre and language. You can register to read from your work or to simply attend and cheer on your colleagues. 

  The first eight translators to register for the event and indicate that they want to perform will be assigned a reading slot. Other readers will be welcome to follow as time allows.

  UPDATE As of July 8, all guaranteed reading slots are taken! But you can still bring a translation to read, and we'll fit people in as time allows after the first group.

  Please bring snacks or beverages to share!

  A few rules:

  • Readings should include a little of the source language and a lot of your translation. 
  • You must read a translation of your own, not someone else's (or some machine's translation).
  • Each reader will have the microphone for 5-7 minutes to allow time for everyone and keep the audience engaged. Shorter is fine.
  • Choose something exciting to listen to! This means a piece that's beautiful, surprising, hilarious, touching, or otherwise very memorable. 

  
  Questions? Write to Shelley.

  Cost:  $5 for NOTIS and Folio members | $15 general*
  
  * Did you know? Members enjoy reduced, often free, event admission. If you live in the Seattle area and expect to attend at least two NOTIS events per year, consider looking into membership. At only $25/year for students (55 for non-students), it might just save you money! See the benefits breakdown here.

  
  
  

  
  

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• A Taste for Words: Translating the Language of Food (online live via Zoom) 2 CEU by ATA. $30/Members

  • When
    07/19/2025
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    09:00 - 11:00
  • Location
    Online
  • Spaces left
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  NOTIS’s Translation Division presents:

  A Taste for Words: Translating the Language of Food

  Presented by Alexis Steinman and Ameerah Arjanee

  Saturday, July 19, 2025
  Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PST
  Check-in begins at 8:50 a.m.
  Location: Online via Zoom

  What is it about?

  What happens when you translate recipes, culture, and cuisine across languages? In this webinar, two translators share the stories behind their unique culinary project. One, the first English-language guide to Marseille’s food culture, and the other, a baking cookbook translated into Mauritian Creole.

  Together they’ll discuss cultural twists and linguistic challenges that come with food translation. Whether you're curious about translating cookbooks or simply fascinated by the language of food, this session will give you a fresh perspective.

  This special event will feature two short presentations followed by a general discussion and Q&A session.

  Registration

  Register online by July 16, 2025.
  Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link, meeting ID, and passcode. If you do not receive confirmation, your registration may not have gone through.

  ➡ Reminders with log-on instructions will be sent three days before and again the day before the event.
  If you don’t receive these, please email info@notisnet.org or text 425-615-6741.

  Cost

  • $ 30 for NOTIS members

  • $ 54 for non-members
    Click here to learn more about NOTIS membership benefits and join today!

  Requirements

  Before registering, please ensure your equipment and internet connection meet the online workshop requirements.
  Click here for system requirements.

  CE Credits

  Organization	Credit Type
  ATA (American Translators Association)	2 CE points (Category A)

  
  

  Please note: CE credit is not being requested from DSHS, AOC, OJD, CCHI, or IMIA/NBCMI.

  Meet the Presenters

  Alexis Steinman is a food and travel writer, translator, and copywriter based in Marseille. Her writing appears in The New York Times, The Guardian, Saveur, Atlas Obscura, Lonely Planet, and more. She translated Taste the World in Marseille, the first English book on the city’s cuisine, and works across a range of translation projects from PR to film.

  
  

  
  

  Ameerah Arjanee is a freelance translator based in Mauritius. She works from French, Spanish, and Chinese into English and Mauritian Creole. Her specialties include food and drink, medical, and audiovisual translation. A graduate of the University of Westminster’s MA in Specialised Translation, Ameerah has subtitled food shows and translated cookbooks. She also teaches online Creole modules at Beijing Foreign Studies University.

  Certificates

  Certificates of Attendance will be issued to those who attend the full event and arrive on time.
  Late arrivals will be allowed to stay but will not be eligible for CE credit.
  Certificates will be emailed the following week.

  Refund Policy

  • Refunds available up to 5 days before the event (minus a $15 processing fee).

  • No refunds within 5 days of the event.

  • Credits cannot be transferred to other workshops.

  • No refunds for technical issues such as internet connection problems or missed reminders.

  Recording

  This workshop will be recorded. Registrants will have limited-time access to the recording.

  Accessibility

  If you require accommodation, please contact NOTIS at least 3 weeks in advance.

  Questions?

  Email info@notisnet.org

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• Feedback Forum in the park

  • When
    08/09/2025
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    13:00 - 15:00
  • Location
    Titlow Park, Tacoma, WA

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  Join the Northwest Literary Translators for an open-air Feedback Forum at Titlow Park, just before the official NOTIS summer picnic! We'll take over a table or two to workshop translations in progress by members or interested guests. To share your work at this Forum, please bring printed copies of an excerpt of your translation, no more than two pages, and the corresponding original text. All languages and genres are welcome.

  Please register so we can coordinate about the perfect spot to meet. Then plan to stay after to mingle with more translators and interpreters from across the region.

  Questions? Accommodations? Contact NOTIS 

  Check out the Northwest Literary Translators and additional literary translation events here.

  

  
  

  
  

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