The Queen's Translation Exchange

💡 'Anthea Bell Prize Competition Information Evening' Webinar
📅 Tuesday 3 February 2026, 4:30PM
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💡 'Meet the Judges of the Anthea Bell Prize' Webinar
📅 Thursday 22 January 2026, 4:30PM
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💡 'Teaching Creative Translation from Mandarin' Webinar
📅 Wednesday 7 January 2026, 4:30PM
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Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators Webinar Programme 2026 Teaching Creative Translation from Mandarin In Collaboration with Paper Republic Wednesday 7 January, 4:30PM Meet the Judges Thursday 22 January, 4:30PM Competition Information Evening Tuesday 3 February, 4:30PM Organised by the Queen’s Translation Exchange

We are delighted to invite MFL teachers to attend our 2026 webinar series, organised as part of the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators competition launch. Come along to learn about the Prize, meet the judges, and try your hand at creative translation from Mandarin! Full details below 🔽

Anthea Bell Prize Christmas Draw - The Queen's College, Oxford It’s that time of year again… Welcome to the Anthea Bell Prize Christmas Draw for Teachers! We would love to hear about your experience of the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators so far this year....

For more information, visit our dedicated Christmas Prize Draw webpage: www.queens.ox.ac.uk/research-at-...

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...with a chance to win one of six brilliant books. We have teamed up with Caper Books to source this year’s prizes, all of which were written or translated by members of the Translation Exchange community, including previous judges of the Anthea Bell Prize! ⭐

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It’s that time of year again… Welcome to the Anthea Bell Prize Christmas Draw for Teachers! 🎄

Tell us about your experience of the Anthea Bell Prize so far this year by 23:59 on Sunday 14th December 2025 and you will be entered into our Christmas Draw...

There is still time to sign up for 'MNEMOSYNE: A Reading and Response with David Brazil', taking place this Thursday at Queen's! Join us for an evening of poetry, translation, history, and more 📖✨

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Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages  - HEPI This guest blog was kindly authored by Dr Charlotte Ryland, Director of the Translation Exchange.  ‘Languages are not just a skillset, they’re a mindset.’  I still remember where I was when a teacher ...

And finally, QTE Director Charlotte Ryland has written widely on the value and future of languages education, including in this recent blog for @hepi-news.bsky.social:

💡 'Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages' www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/14/t...

As part of our advocacy work, we have developed a public resource that tracks how languages and languages reform are reported in the media. Follow this link for relevant articles on our ‘Languages News’ page: www.queens.ox.ac.uk/research-at-...

Brand new materials for translating poetry and fiction in the classroom have been added to our Anthea Bell Prize Resources page. Teachers can still register to access over 100 resource packs, including PowerPoints, student worksheets, and teaching notes! www.queens.ox.ac.uk/research-at-...

On 27 November at 5pm, we will be welcoming poet, novelist, and translator David Brazil to Queen’s for a discussion with Sarah Pritchard on composition, translation, memory, and history. Register here for ‘MNEMOSYNE: A Reading and Response with David Brazil’: www.ticketsource.co.uk/queens-trans...

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It is midway through term and we’ve been busy as ever at QTE! Here are just a few exciting updates...

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And finally, QTE Director Charlotte Ryland has written widely on the value and future of languages education, including in this recent blog for @hepi-news.bsky.social:

💡 'Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages' www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/14/t...

As part of our advocacy work, we have developed a public resource that tracks how languages and languages reform are reported in the media. Follow this link for relevant articles on our ‘Languages News’ page: www.queens.ox.ac.uk/research-at-...

New Post: Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages  www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/14/t...

The Stephen Spender Trust and the Queen's College Translation Exchange present a year in Creative Translation key dates: ANTHEA Bell Prize poetry resources PUBLISHED 19 September 2025 European Day of Languages 26 September 2025 International Translation Day 30 September 2025 Anthea Bell Prize fiction resources PUBLISHED October 2025 STEPHEN SPENDER TRUST 2025 CELEBRATION EVENT STEPHEN SPENDER PRIZE 2025 WINNERS announced 19 November 2025 Anthea Bell Prize non-fiction resources PUBLISHED January 2026 Literature fires the imagination (SPRING SERIES) Creative Translation Professional Learning (PL) for teachers in Wales JAN - FEB 2026 Anthea Bell PRIZE 2026 competition phase 2 Feb - 27 March 2026 World Book Day browse our AUTHENTIC TEXTS DATABASE 7 March 2025 World Poetry Day BROWSE OUR POETRY TRANSLATION ACTIVITIES 21 March 2026 Stephen Spender Prize 2026 open for entries 1 MAY - 31 JULY 2026 Literature fires the imagination (SUMMER SERIES)

Our latest #CreativeTranslation Digest has landed!

Find all the key dates for the 2025-26 school year and info about current projects and competitions:
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Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators - The Queen's College, Oxford The Translation Exchange launched this competition for schools in 2020. The competition is inspired by the life and work of the great translator Anthea Bell. It aims to promote language learning acros...

#MFL teachers: exciting news! The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators - a free languages competition for students 11-18 studying French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish - launches again on 19/09. Register to receive teaching packs in time for EU Day of Languages! tinyurl.com/mue8r7hc

Yet again, the students entering the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators have blown me away with their inventiveness – the fun they’ve had playing around with the language just radiates off the page :-) @translationexch.bsky.social

This event will be followed by a Slovak Translation Workshop with Nicol Hochholczerová on Thursday 8th May, 12:30-2pm, with @oxfordcct.bsky.social at St Anne's College, Oxford. No Slovak required!

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Tomorrow night in Oxford! We're hosting award-winning author Nicol Hochholczerová, along with translators Julia and Peter Sherwood, for a conversation on writing, translation and contemporary Slovak lit. Register below!

📍 Queen's College, Oxford
📆 Weds 7 May, 5-6:30pm
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Thank you so much to all the teachers and students who took part in the competition! We look forward to announcing the winners in May and June 🎉

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Hello Bluesky! 👋

We're thrilled to be hosting award-winning author Nicol Hochholczerová, along with translators Julia and Peter Sherwood, for a conversation on writing, translation and contemporary Slovak lit. Tickets below!

📍 Queen's College, Oxford
📆 Weds 7 May, 5-6:30pm
🎟️ tinyurl.com/33u4xb8e