Featured poems
Kept On Compromising on Life
written by Noshi Gillani
translated by Lavinia Greenlaw
Kept on compromising on life
kept reciting poetry, kept blazing
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Other People's Hell, Other People's Heaven
written by Angkarn Chantatip
translated by The Poetry Translation Workshop
Other people's hell, other people's heaven
we pick up, like a spark
นรกและสวรรค์ของคนอื่น
นรกและสวรรค์ของคนอื่น..
เราหยิบยื่น. เป็นชนวนด้วยส่วนหนึ่ง
Just a Little Hope Is Needed
written by Gagan Gill
translated by Jane Duran
Just a little hope is needed
Welcome
Welcome to The Poetry Translation Centre’s website. We’re a small organisation dedicated to translating contemporary poetry from Africa, Asia and Latin America. To date, we've translated 281 poems written in 25 different languages by 67 poets from 35 countries. On our website you'll find all these poems both in translation and in their original language, plus photos and videos of our events and information about what we do and how we translate.
What's going on
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Workshop on Poetry in French by Abdellatif Laâbi from Morocco
Wednesday 8th February 2012
André Naffis-Sahely joins us for another opportunity to translate the work of Morocco's leading poet, Abdellatif Laâbi, who writes in French.
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Events, Publications and Marketing Manager
27/01/2012
The PTC is looking to recruit an Events, Publications and Marketing Manager.
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5,000 Poem Podcasts Downloaded
09/11/2011
Our innovative weekly poem podcasts were launched in November 2010. Since then, the 58 individual podcasts have attracted more than 5,000 downloads.
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