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In Their Own Words: Translating Character Dialogue (TDSG)

Singapore Book Council Academy

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Sun, 28 Sep, 2025 at 10:00 am

2 hours

Old Parliament Lane, The Arts House at The Old Parliament, Singapore

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Sun, 28 Sep, 2025 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (SGT)

Old Parliament Lane, The Arts House at The Old Parliament

1 Old Parliament Ln, Former Parliament House and Annex Building, Singapore 179429 @ Blue Room, Singapore, Singapore

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In Their Own Words: Translating Character Dialogue (TDSG)

Join acclaimed translator Arunava Sinha for a hands-on workshop on the art and nuance of translating dialogue. Participants will learn techniques for handling slang as well as strategies for preserving character voice cultural nuance and subtext.


This session is supported by the National Translation Committee.


About the facilitator:

Arunava Sinha translates classic modern and contemporary fiction non-fiction and poetry from Bengali and Hindi into English. He also translates fiction and poetry from English and Hindi into Bengali.

Over 95 of his translations have been published so far in India the UK the USA and Australia. He has won or been shortlisted for various translation prizes in India the UK the USA and Australia.

He teaches at Ashoka University where he is also the co-director of the Ashoka Centre for Translation and is the Books Editor at Scroll.in.

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In Their Own Words: Translating Character Dialogue (TDSG), 28 September | Event in Singapore | AllEvents
In Their Own Words: Translating Character Dialogue (TDSG)
Sun, 28 Sep, 2025 at 10:00 am