ESLT Summer School 2025
Online edition | 10-12 September 2025
Training the Teacher of Literary Translation:
Empowering the Translator
Programme
The ninth annual ESLT Summer School will take place online, bringing together around 25 translators and educators from across Europe who are passionate about teaching literary translation.
In the thirty years since the first publication of Lawrence Venuti's groundbreaking study The Translator's Invisibility, literary translators have made some notable progress towards greater recognition. But translators are being made to feel increasingly powerless by the rise of generative AI, which represents a major new threat to their livelihoods. So how can translators fight back, and how can the teacher of literary translation empower translators to fight back?
In this year's edition of ESLT we will be considering topics such as how to build translator communities through social media, how to diversify the translator profession, how translators can protect and exploit their intellectual property, and how digital tools can be used to empower translators.
The three-day programme includes a mixture of lectures, seminars and workshops. Confirmed faculty participants include Miquel Cabal Guarro, Goedele De Sterck, Rosalind Harvey, Sawad Hussain, Andreas Jandl, Belén Santana and Teodora Tzankova.
The keynote will be delivered by Lawrence Venuti and will be a free public event.
For more information send an email to eslt@fusp.it.
Click here to watch our public events from past editions
The Summer School aims to bring together literary translators (at any stage in their career) who are keen to develop their teaching skills and find out about innovations in the field. Applications from outside Europe are welcome, but sessions will observe Central European Summer Time. Participants must be aged 18 or over.
Costs
On confirmation of acceptance, a registration fee of €120,00 (incl. VAT) will be payable to ESLT to cover all tuition. PETRA-E members and returning alumni are eligible for a reduced fee of €100,00.
Two full-fee bursaries will be offered, for those who would otherwise be prevented from attending. Please indicate in your application if you would like to be considered for one of these.
Application procedures
Applicants should submit the following two documents (in English):
- A letter of motivation, including an indication of the role and strategic impact of participation in the ESLT Summer School in your career planning;
- A full CV, including contact details and a record of translation practice.
Applications should be submitted by e-mail to eslt@fusp.it by June 15, 2025.
About ESLT
Founded in 2017, the European School of Literary Translation is organised by four partners: PETRA-E network, British Centre for Literary Translation, Centre of Expertise for Literary Translation (Flanders / Netherlands) and Fondazione Unicampus San Pellegrino, Italy. The ESLT implements the PETRA-E Framework for the Education and Training of Literary Translators (https://petra-education.eu)
Participants’ Feedback from Previous
Years
"It was a lively, inspiring, event-packed summer school with a fantastic and diverse group of people and therefore a very stimulating and enjoyable experience."
"The lectures were fascinating. The group discussions helped break the ice and work together on practical ideas, which I enjoyed a lot."
"I’ve benefited a lot from the experiences of my colleagues as well as the lecturers and mentors, and I’ve also found answers and solutions to many of the issues I had with teaching literary translation."
"I gained a lot of tips I can implement right away and information to discuss with my colleagues to develop our curriculum."
