What are the Ethical Implications of Translating Children’s Literature? Part 2

Have children become miniature adults again? Are their minds a sponge that can be fed anything?

Translation is a part of literary communication that involves several adult players with different motives and values. Does this communication encompass responsibility toward the target recipient? The discussion will explore the role of translators in mediating adult content in children’s books.

Format: Participants will be given short texts that have already been translated, and will be asked to consider their possible impact on the recipient.

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Organizers

Katarína Koreňová teaches literary translation as part of intensive translator training program at State Language School in Bratislava. She has taught courses in children’s literature at Comenius University, where she earned her PhD in Translatology. She researches various aspects of translated children’s literature in Slovakia. Markéta Andričíková is Associate Professor at the Department of Slovak Studies, Slavonic Philologies, and Communication at P. J. Šafárik University, Slovakia. Having earned her MA in English Literature, she is the author of numerous research papers on translated children’s literature. She has translated adult fiction and two children’s books.

Participants

Kelly Zhang is a Chinese-Canadian children’s author of bilingual (English/Chinese) picture books and middle-grade novels. As an emerging translator (English<>Chinese), Kelly seeks projects that showcase fresh voices in contemporary children’s literature from China and the Chinese diaspora, making them accessible to the global readership. Anam Zafar is an emerging literary translator based in Birmingham, UK. She translates from Arabic and French into English. She was a 2020-21 mentee on the National Centre for Writing’s Emerging Translators scheme, and volunteers for World Kid Lit. She is a 2021 ALTA Virtual Travel Fellow. www. anamzafar.com. @anam_translates. Anam Zafar is an emerging literary translator based in Birmingham, UK. She translates from Arabic and French into English. She was a 2020-21 mentee on the National Centre for Writing’s Emerging Translators scheme, and volunteers for World Kid Lit. She is a 2021 ALTA Virtual Travel Fellow. www. anamzafar.com. @anam_translates