Recruitment for translators and multilingual writers is underway (deadline noon 15 May) for Creative Translation Facilitator Training.
This is a paid opportunity for 12 people across Newcastle, Manchester and Norwich as part of the Multilingual Creators project, which will both train them and then roll out creative translation activities in schools.
This is led by a partnership of the Stephen Spender Trust, New Writing North and the National Centre for Writing.
Paid training opportunity
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- Apply by noon 15th May, decision by 28 May
- Paid training June-July
- Freelance paid opportunities Autumn 2021
- Creative translation activities in schools
About the Multilingual Creators programme
New Writing North are working with the Stephen Spender Trust on delivering a creative translation programme in Newcastle, Manchester and Norfolk. They are recruiting 12 translators and multilingual writers based in these areas, where translators will be paid to be trained in June and July and will then be invited to apply to deliver workshops in schools in the autumn as paid freelancers on the theme ‘Me and My City’.
‘Me and My City’ will see young participants producing and sharing pieces of translation and creative writing that incorporate the languages spoken by them and their communities, as well as those they are learning at school.
New Writing North are keen for this programme to be open to community translators and to a diverse range of languages, so perhaps people living in Newcastle who don’t see themselves as ‘official’ translators, but have those language skills. There is a short deadline for applications by noon on Saturday 15 May and the details are online here.
Links with Newcastle City of Languages
The theme of ‘My City and Me’ and exploring this through creative means the home languages and languages being learned fits really well with Our Newcastle Our World priorities around promoting and supporting language learning (Newcastle City of Languages) and celebrating cultural diversity in the City.
It also complements the Mother Tongue Other Tongue project International Newcastle ran as a pilot project during our Express Yourself North East Festival of Languages in March. This resulted in 65 poetic pieces of writing being submitted by 10 schools and community groups from children writing in their home language or a language they were learning. Pieces were submitted in 23 languages and all children and young people received a certificate.
A digital anthology sharing a selection of the pieces is available online here and demonstrates the creativity and diversity of languages and children and young people’s voices in the region.
The promotion and celebration of home and community languages is something we are keen to develop and support further as we progress with our plans around Newcastle City of Languages.