Useful websites
Below are links to organisations that we think may be of interest.
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Stephen Spender Trust
The Stephen Spender Trust’s portfolio of translation activities includes Translation Nation, Translators in Schools and two translation prizes.
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Eastside Educational Trust
Eastside Educational Trust aims to engage and educate school-age children through direct participation in the arts. It has delivered Translation Nation since 2010.
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The Times Educational Supplement
The TES hosts a platform onto which teachers can upload their own lesson plans and resources. Once you have created your free account you will have access to a searchable database of thousands of resources.
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National Curriculum in England
You will find here the programmes of study for languages at key stages 2 and 3.
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Free Word
Free Word works at the meeting point of literature, literacy and free expression as a catalyst for collaborations, nationally and internationally, that explore the transformative power of words. Free Word’s Translators in Residence work with children as well as adults.
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The Translators Association
The Translators Association is part of the Society of Authors. It was established to provide translators with an effective means of protecting their interests and sharing their concerns.
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Emerging Translators Network
The Emerging Translators Network is a forum and support network for early-career literary translators primarily working into English.
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Words without Borders
Words without Borders promotes cultural understanding through the translation, publication, and promotion of the finest contemporary international literature.
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BCLT
The BCLT is Britain’s leading centre for the development, promotion and support of literary translation.
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Speak to the future
Speak to the future – the campaign for languages – works to highlight the importance of languages, language learning and professional language activities for the UK.
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Third Year Abroad
Third Year Abroad is a network to support students who study, work or volunteer abroad during their degree; it also promotes the study of Modern Languages in the UK.
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BLEN
blen (the Bilingualism and Literacies Education Network) is an education forum with an interest in language education and literacy in the widest sense.
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Arvon
Arvon runs an annual programme of residential creative writing courses for schools, groups and individuals, at four rural writers’ houses in Shropshire, Devon, Yorkshire and Inverness-shire. Some of their writing courses focus on literary translation.
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Association for Language Learning
The Association for Language Learning is the major subject association for those involved in teaching foreign languages at all levels. It has approximately 4,500 members.
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Outside
Outside In is an organisation dedicated to promoting and exploring world literature and children’s books in translation.
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The Children’s Bookshow
The Children’s Bookshow is an annual tour of children’s authors and illustrators from the UK and abroad.
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English PEN
English PEN is the founding centre of a global literary network that works to defend and promote free expression and to remove barriers to literature. It has various translation initiatives.
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NAWE
The National Association of Writers in Education supports the development of creative writing of all genres and in all educational and community settings throughout the UK.
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Pop Up
Pop Up’s mission is to engage children and families, schools and communities through books, stories and the people who make them.