Settee Seminars

Ilkley Literature Festival

Ilkley Literature Festival presents Settee Seminars, a podcast series of fascinating short talks by leading experts, introducing you to a wide range of topics from modern U.S. history to psychiatry and 18th century literature. In each episode, a leading specialist in their field condenses years of study into a bite-sized 20-minute talk, giving listeners the chance to explore entire worlds of knowledge you might not even have known existed without ever having to leave your sofa.

  1. Translators on Translation - part two: Naomi Mottram & Sarah Hudspith – translating Sofia Sinitskaia from Russian into English

    16/12/2024

    Translators on Translation - part two: Naomi Mottram & Sarah Hudspith – translating Sofia Sinitskaia from Russian into English

    Delve into the art and craft of translation in our three-part spin-off series ‘Translators on Translation’, presented in partnership with the ⁠John Dryden Translation Competition⁠ and the ⁠Centre for World Literatures⁠ at the University of Leeds. In this episode Sarah Hudspith, Associate Professor in Russian at the University of Leeds, talks to translator Naomi Mottram⁠, who won second prize in the 2022-23 John Dryden Translation Competition for her translation of Mitrofanushka Durasov by Sofia Sinitskaia. They discuss Naomi’s approach to the process of translating the Russian text into English, the nuances of translating the work of a living author and why English-speaking readers should read contemporary Russian literature. You can read Naomi’s prize-winning translation of Mitrofanushka Durasov by Sofia Sinitskaia ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. The John Dryden Translation Competition is run by the University of Leeds Centre for World Literatures and sponsored by the ⁠British Comparative Literature Association⁠ and the ⁠British Centre for Literary Translation⁠. Prizes are awarded for the best unpublished literary translations of poetry, prose, or drama from any period from any language into English. The John Dryden Translation Competition 2024 – 2025 is now open. The competition deadline is 5 February 2025. You can find out more about the competition and entering your translation ⁠here⁠.

    26 min

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Ilkley Literature Festival presents Settee Seminars, a podcast series of fascinating short talks by leading experts, introducing you to a wide range of topics from modern U.S. history to psychiatry and 18th century literature. In each episode, a leading specialist in their field condenses years of study into a bite-sized 20-minute talk, giving listeners the chance to explore entire worlds of knowledge you might not even have known existed without ever having to leave your sofa.