Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai launched in 2023 the regional project “Diamantenschliff: The Digital Translation Academy” for German literary translations into South Asian languages.
The objective of the academy was to offer a space for reflection, dialogue and creative work for young literary translators in the South Asia region. It aimed to upskill translators with some or little experience in literary translation in order to deepen and broaden their knowledge-base in this field. The source language was German while the target South Asian languages were Bangla, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Singhalese, Tamil and Urdu.
The activities of the Translation Academy covered the entire spectrum of literary translation. The comprehensive programme consisted of a cross-language lecture series with established translators from South Asia and Germany, genre-related translation workshops with external experts and intensive workshops with the respective language mentors through collaboration on curated texts and regular discussion sessions.
The project will continue to maintain the spirit within the framework of forthcoming regional projects.
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