This was another packed year. I translated from all three of my languages and had just the right combination of epic … More
Category: Teaching
Teaching at Manchester in Translation
I’m going to be leading a workshop in literary translation from Arabic to English on 21 Feb as part of Manchester … More
Q&A with Translator Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
… where I waffle on about how to become a freelance translator, which is harder – Russian or Arabic – … More
Arabic: more accessible than you think (British Council blog)
“It is the rather stiff-sounding fus-ha, aka Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), that is the starting point for most students of … More
Al-Birka: a new beginners’ Arabic textbook
This was a very enjoyable editing job which combined my proofreading pedantry with my experience as an Arabic teacher. I … More
