Introduction to The Art of Literary Translation: Web links

article from The New Yorker January 15, 2018 Issue

The mission of the American Literary Translators Association is to support the work of literary translators, advance the art of literary translation, and serve translators, and the students, teachers, publishers, and readers of literature in translation.

Asymptote is the premier site for world literature in translation. We take our name from the dotted line on a graph that a mathematical function may tend toward, but never reach. Similarly, a translated text may never fully replicate the effect of the original; it is its own creative act.

Founded in 1989 by poet and translator Daniel Weissbort and published biannually, Exchanges is a journal of literary translation.

A web-exclusive section of The Brooklyn Rail, InTranslation features unpublished translations of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and dramatic writing.

PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide.

Founded in 2003, Words Without Borders promotes cultural understanding through the translation, publication, and promotion of the finest contemporary international literature.