CANCELLED What are the implications of AI for literary translation?

A Southeast European studies seminar co-organised with the British-Croatian Society

This event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

Translating literature from Eastern Europe into English has until now been an expensive process limiting the number of authors available to readers in English speaking countries. Is this about to change with AI? Using AI can reduce the cost of translation dramatically. But can AI deliver quality translations? A publisher, translator and a reader kick off a discussion on this important topic.

Susan Curtis-Kojakovic

Founding Director

Istros Books

is an independent publisher of contemporary literature from South East Europe, based in Bloomsbury, London. Istros Books was set up in 2011 to to showcase the very best of literature – both fiction and non-fiction – from the Balkan region to a new audience of English speakers, bringing the best of European writing through quality translation.

Christina Zoric

Translator

is a translator of Croatian fiction and previously a translator at The Hague. She has translated more than thirty books from Serbo-Croat and French into English. Some of her major translations include:

The Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavić
Landscape Painted with Tea by Milorad Pavić
Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipović
Tales of Old Sarajevo by Isak Samokovlija
Frida’s Bed by Slavenka Drakulić
Herbarium of Souls by Vladimir Tasic
The House of Remembering and Forgetting by Filip David

Roy Cross

Former Director

British Council in Croatia

Roy’s career with the British Council spanned more than four decades as teacher, trainer, English Language officer, country director, regional director and consultant. He started work as an English language lector at Zagreb University in 1979, and along the way has worked and lived in Baghdad, Berlin, Bucharest, Edinburgh, London, Munich, and Stockholm.