Oxford Translates
An online literary translation summer school
July 6-10, 2026
Oxford Translates is an online literary translation summer school aimed at language enthusiasts and practicing translators at any stage of their career who want to explore the world of literary translation. It is open to participants anywhere in the world.
The summer school runs for 5 days. Participants work in small groups with award-winning and leading professional translators to hone their translation practice over 3 days.
In 2026, workshops are running into English from 11 languages – Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Urdu – plus there is a multilanguage workshop for translators working in any other language. There are four workshops out of English into the following languages: French, German, Italian and Spanish.
We are delighted to have Anna Gunin leading our Russian-English workshop. Anna Gunin is a translator of novels and memoirs, films and folk tales, plays and poetry. She co-translated Svetlana Alexievich’s Chernobyl Prayer (Penguin Modern Classics), lauded in the TLS as a ‘masterly new translation’ that ‘retains the nerve and pulse of the Russian’. Anna has taught at City University, London, and the University of Bristol, as well as leading workshops at the British Library, Translate at City and Bristol Translates.
The other 2 days are filled with panels on industry trends, job readiness and workshops on particular themes or genres. Participants have the unique and exciting opportunity to practise pitching in a one-to-one session with a publisher or editor.
Scholarships are available to UK residents on a low income and residents of India applying for the Urdu translation workshop. The deadline for scholarship applications is March 16, 2026.
An early-bird rate is available for those who apply by March 31. Workshops are limited to a maximum of 12 people and places are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Apply early to secure your place.
For more information and to apply, click here. Contact us: translates@seh.ox.ac.uk
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