poco.lit.‘s favorite books of 2021
The editors of poco.lit. share their favorite books of 2021 – four novels and one book of non-fiction by five incredibly talented writers.
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macht.sprache. behind the Scenes 3: Developing the Text Checker
The macht.sprache. project has been running since the beginning of 2021. Here we offer some insights into the thought processes behind the development of the Text Checker and explain why it is accompanied by a translation manifesto.
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Commissioned texts on German colonialism
In addition to our work as editors of poco.lit., we offer a number of services in related fields, predominantly but not exclusively concerned with postcolonial topics. Recently, a number of magazines have been published to which we contributed: three booklets on Berlin’s colonial entanglements and a magazine on German colonialism in China.
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Disability and/in translation: The right to self-describe
In cooperation with the Goethe-Institutes in North-Western Europe, poco.lit. hosted an online discussion about disability and/in translation. Khairani Barokka and Amy Zayed shared valuable insights. This is an overview of the discussion spanning particular terms in relation to disability, pragmatic suggestions for translators and the connection between disability justice and anti-colonialism.
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„Literarische Diverse“ is a small step towards utopia: An interview with Yasemin Altınay
In 2019, Yasemin Altınay founded the Literarische Diverse publishing house. In this interview with poco.lit., she offers insights into her work, talks about her motivation and the challenges of the literary industry.
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We’re happy to announce the poco.lit. newsletter! If you choose to opt-in, you will receive updates from us once a month. We’ll let you know about developments in our current projects and give an overview of the content we’ve posted in the past four weeks.
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Race ≠ Rasse: 10 terms related to race that require sensitivity in translation
In this article, we look specifically at English and German, and discuss 10 terms related to race that are difficult to translate.
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macht.sprache.: Behind the scenes – on the code of conduct, assessing translations and getting involved
This is the second time that we share a peek behind the scenes of our project macht.sprache. This time we explain some of the thoughts that went into the development of a code of conduct, the assessment system for translation examples, and how we’re hoping to motivate people to participate.
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SAND Call for Submissions
SAND 23 Submissions are open March 20 – April 10, 2021! Check out the call here.
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