The Translation Project » Events http://www.thetranslationproject.org Copyright 2006 All Rights Reserved for Translator and Poets. Any use of any material on this website is strictly prohibited without prior permission from Niloufar Talebi. In case of Persian poetry, permission is necessary from individual poets. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:07:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Persian Rite of Spring at LACMA http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/the-persian-rite-of-spring-at-lacma/ http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/the-persian-rite-of-spring-at-lacma/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:22:30 +0000 Niloufar http://www.thetranslationproject.org/?p=447
Nowruz Tribute - Shahnameh
Nowruz Tribute - Shahnameh

The Translation Project is pleased to announce its newest show, The Persian Rite of Spring, commissioned by the Farhang Foundation, to world premiere at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on March 14, 2010, at 12:30 PM.

The Persian Rite of Spring, created by The Translation Project’s Niloufar Talebi in collaboration with composer Bobak Salehi, is a multimedia show about the mythology, poetry, music, folklore and celebrations of Nowruz, a millennia-old tradition celebrated by Iranians and others around the world. The birth of light and its victory over dark is an archetypical dynamic with a series of ceremonies from Yalda (Winter Solstice) through 13-Bedar (Outdoor 13) that usher in the renewal of the world each spring, which The Persian Rite of Spring brings to life.

The performance will take place in the Leo S. Bing Theater at LACMA at 12:30 p.m. The event is FREE to the public. Due to limited seating (450), tickets are required and may be obtained free-of-charge on a first come, first served basis from LACMA’s box office, starting at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 14th. LACMA is located at 5905 Wilshire Blvd • Los Angeles California 90036 • Phone: 323-857-6000.

The Persian Rite of Spring performance is part of Farhang Foundation’s second annual, all-day Nowruz celebration at LACMA on March 14, 2010 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The performance will be followed by a special musical performance by the Hamed Nikpay Ensemble, which includes some of the most talented world musicians, performing Hamed Nikpay’s signature Persian melodies fused with a flamenco beat, at LACMA’s LA Times Central Courtyard.

Click here to read the official press release.

]]> http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/the-persian-rite-of-spring-at-lacma/feed/ 0 Translation Workshop http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/translation-workshop/ http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/translation-workshop/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:33:03 +0000 Niloufar http://www.thetranslationproject.org/?p=384 Niloufar Talebi teaches: Translation As an Act of Love (Beginning level translation workshop)

“If you have ever read multiple translations of works by Neruda, Rumi, Rilke, Dostoyevsky, Baudelaire … and wondered how their differences come about, and who makes those decisions, or ever wanted to be involved on a deeper level with the work of a writer not writing in English, then you might be a translator in the making. Translators are cultural and literary champions who bring readers new voices and perspectives.

In this workshop, through fun exercises, award-winning translator Niloufar Talebi shows what it takes to become a professional translator by going through the process by which a non-English text is ‘brought over’ into English, giving participants the fundamentals of rendering translations. No prior translation experience or knowledge of another language is necessary! Just a love of literature.

Talebi’s books include Belonging: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World. Drawing from Persian mythology and poetry, Talebi is currently writing a libretto for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 under commission by Carnegie Hall.”

Saturday October 31, 10 AM – 4 PM

BOOK PASSAGE, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA – 415/927-0960

SIGN UP FOR WORKSHOP HERE

]]> http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/translation-workshop/feed/ 0 PEN American Center Translation Slam http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/pen-american-center-translation-slam/ http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/pen-american-center-translation-slam/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:26:22 +0000 Niloufar http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/pen-american-center-translation-slam/ Inspired by live translation slams that proved to be audience favorites at the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, and again at PEN World Voices, PEN’s online Translation Slam aims to showcase the art of translation by juxtaposing in a public forum two “competing” translations of a single work.

The poem chosen for the current installment is a political slogan devised by Iranian protesters who took to the streets this June after the official results of the presidential elections were announced. The slogan refers directly to an insult levied at protesters by current Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who referred to them as khas-o-khaashaak, meaning dirt and dust, scraps and bits….(read the two translations of this slogan here…)

آن خس و خاشاک تویی/ پست تر از خاک تویی
شور منم نور منم/ عاشق رنجور منم
زور تویی کور تویی/ هاله ی بی نور تویی
دلیر بی باک منم/ مالک این خاک منم

]]> http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/pen-american-center-translation-slam/feed/ 0 ICARUS/RISE Re-mix! http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/icarusrise-re-mix-2/ http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/icarusrise-re-mix-2/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:51:47 +0000 Niloufar http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/icarusrise-re-mix-2/ Bobak Salehi and Niloufar Talebi perform ICARUS/RISE Remix at University of Oklahoma’s World Literature Today event, the 2009 Neustadt Festival of International Literature and Culture.

Evening program:

ICARUS/RISE Remix

Pireeni Sundaralingam and Colm O’Riain

Etgar Keret screening “Jellyfish”
7 PM

]]> http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/icarusrise-re-mix-2/feed/ 0 Yale University Talk http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/yale-university-talk/ http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/yale-university-talk/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:44:24 +0000 Niloufar http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/yale-university-talk/ Niloufar Talebi delivers a talk, ‘30 Years of Belonging: New Iranian Poetry Around the World‘ reading poetry by BELONGING: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World (North Atlantic Books, 2008), and presents a slideshow of slogans by Iranian protestors, in translation.
Yale University, Luce Hall Auditorium

September 24, 6:30 PM

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Iraj Anvar
Richard Jeffrey Newman
Roger Sedarat (moderator and participant)
Niloufar Talebi
Katayoon Zandvakili

Tuesday September 22, 2009, 7 – 8:30 PM

247 E 82nd St
New York, NY 10028-2701
(646) 422-0544

]]> http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/philoctetes-center/feed/ 0 San Francisco International Poetry Festival http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/san-francisco-international-poetry-festival/ http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/san-francisco-international-poetry-festival/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:25:46 +0000 Niloufar http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/san-francisco-international-poetry-festival/ Presenting translations of Ziba Karbassi’s poetry the San Francisco International Poetry Festival:

Saturday July 25, 2009
Main Stage Poetry Reading on with Francis Combes, Ziba Karbassi, Georges Castera/Joj Kastra, Taslima Nasrin, Al Young, Ámbar Past, Tarek Eltayeb, Agneta Falk, Sasha Pimentel Chacòn, Ferruccio Brugnaro, Carla Badillo Coronado, and Jack Hirschman.

7:00 – 9:30 PM at Palace of Fine Arts

AND

Sunday July 26, 2009
Ziba Karbassi (Iran) reading with Niloufar Talebi

3:30 – 5:00 PM, North Beach Poetry Crawl at Cafe Trieste

The Translation Project is a community collaborator of The San Francisco International Poetry Festival

]]> http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/san-francisco-international-poetry-festival/feed/ 0 Literatures of Resistance: Solidarity Event http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/literatures-of-resistance-solidarity-event/ http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/literatures-of-resistance-solidarity-event/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:26:45 +0000 Niloufar http://www.thetranslationproject.org/_uncategorized/literatures-of-resistance-solidarity-event/ Literatures of Resistance: In Solidarity w/ the Iranian People

FREE EVENT featuring Rana Farhan, Luis Francia, Amir Parsa, THE TEHRAN-DAKAR BROTHERS , Eleanor Wilner, D. Nurske, Said Sayrafiezadeh, Roger Sedarat, Dalia Sofer, Niloufar Talebi and more!

This free event is sponsored by the Association of Iranian American Writers, Persian Arts Festival, The Translation Project, ArteEast and Bowery Arts and Science. Any contributions at the event will be donated to Amnesty International.

Saturday July 11, 2009, 2 – 5 PM, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC

Co-sponsored by KODOOM.COM

]]> http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/literatures-of-resistance-solidarity-event/feed/ 0 Marin Poetry Center talk on translation http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/marin-poetry-center-talk-on-translation/ http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/marin-poetry-center-talk-on-translation/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:52:03 +0000 Niloufar http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/marin-poetry-center-talk-on-translation/ Through her translations of contemporary Iranian poetry, Niloufar Talebi discusses the step-by-step process of rendering poetry from one language into another.

See here for a sample talk on translation
Thursday April 16, 2000, 7:30 PM
Falkirk Cultural Center
1408 Mission Avenue
Downtown San Rafael, CA
415.485.3328

]]> http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/marin-poetry-center-talk-on-translation/feed/ 0 Queens College Translation Conference http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/queens-college-translation-conference/ http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/queens-college-translation-conference/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:29:01 +0000 Niloufar http://www.thetranslationproject.org/events/queens-college-translation-conference/ Niloufar Talebi does a screens clips from ICARUS/RISE, and discusses Naghali and Pardeh-dari at the ‘From Ghazal to Zuihitsu: Translating Asian Languages and Cultures‘ conference for the ‘Translation in Performance’ panel. Other participants include: Admer Gouryh, a translator of modern Arabic drama who gets the audience acting out the plays; and Maryam Habibian, a Persian translator who depicts Forough Farrokhzad in her one act play/monologue.

Followed by keynote speech by Poet Li-Young Lee.

Creative Writing Program at Queens College,
65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, New York, NY 11367
718/997-4600
4:30 PM – FREE

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