Charlie Coombe
@cmctranslations.bsky.social
✍️Literary & creative translator (French, Spanish, Catalan > English)
🌏Procrastinator, dreamer, traveller, animal lover, anywhere person.
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🌏Procrastinator, dreamer, traveller, animal lover, anywhere person.
cmctranslations.com
linktr.ee/anywhereperson
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In a bid to battle the robots and get more translation projects paid at rates that reflect my skill level and nigh-on two decades of professional experience, I've revamped my website/portfolio to kick off 2025:
👩💻 www.cmctranslations.com
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#humantranslation #noAI #xl8
👩💻 www.cmctranslations.com
🤖 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TII...
#humantranslation #noAI #xl8
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This reading is from the chapter The Trade Winds, in which Anna falls for the charismatic photographer Guillermo and impulsively drops everything to sail around the world with him. More of Anna’s adventures aboard can be seen in the BBC documentary she made about the journey: buff.ly/8vQtSd4
A story of love, waves, and the arms trade - BBC Reel
A filmmaker remembers the love story that took her on a sailing trip around the world with Guillermo Cervera, a photographer whose father was involved in the international arms trade. Written and…
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September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This reading is from the chapter The Trade Winds, in which Anna falls for the charismatic photographer Guillermo and impulsively drops everything to sail around the world with him. More of Anna’s adventures aboard can be seen in the BBC documentary she made about the journey: buff.ly/8vQtSd4
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KILLING THE NERVE by annapazos.bsky.social, co-translated by cmctranslations.bsky.social & Laura McGloughlin is OUT THIS WEEK, published by Foundry Editions. "This novel will hit like a revelation; restless, questioning, and indelible." buff.ly/sJQqwNm
Charlotte Coombe & Laura McGloughlin read from Anna Pazos' KILLING THE NERVE (Foundry Editions 2025)
In this tour de force of auto-journalism, Anna Pazos explores the end of youth and the beginning of adulthood for the global nomad generation. We are taken on a journey from the ‘Mediterranean…
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September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
KILLING THE NERVE by annapazos.bsky.social, co-translated by cmctranslations.bsky.social & Laura McGloughlin is OUT THIS WEEK, published by Foundry Editions. "This novel will hit like a revelation; restless, questioning, and indelible." buff.ly/sJQqwNm
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June 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I recently used World Of Books - Sell Your Books and they gave me a special offer to share with my friends. I’m treating you to an exclusive £5 extra on your first trade over £10. I’ll also get a reward, so it’s a win-win!
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Sales of translated fiction so far in 2025 are up 8% compared with the same period in 2024, according to data from NielsenIQ BookScan’s TCM – although more than three quarters of that number is down to Asako Yuzuki’s Butter 👇 #BookSky
I CAN believe it is Butter: translated fiction outstrips wider category
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June 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sales of translated fiction so far in 2025 are up 8% compared with the same period in 2024, according to data from NielsenIQ BookScan’s TCM – although more than three quarters of that number is down to Asako Yuzuki’s Butter 👇 #BookSky
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Arts Council England Statement - "We will not use AI to assess applications or make funding decisions."
www.artscouncil.org.uk/ai-arts-coun...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #ArtByArtists
www.artscouncil.org.uk/ai-arts-coun...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #ArtByArtists
AI: Arts Council England Public Position Statement on the Writing and Assessment of Funding Applications
We have outlined our approach to the use of AI, when it comes to the writing of, and assessment of, funding applications.
www.artscouncil.org.uk
June 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Arts Council England Statement - "We will not use AI to assess applications or make funding decisions."
www.artscouncil.org.uk/ai-arts-coun...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #ArtByArtists
www.artscouncil.org.uk/ai-arts-coun...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #ArtByArtists
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It seems like only yesterday that we started this little YouTube channel & now here we are, five years & several hundred videos later, immensely proud of the incredible repository of literary & translation talent we've showcased to the world. Thanks to all who contributed!🎉
buff.ly/L9ZSuwZ
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May 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It seems like only yesterday that we started this little YouTube channel & now here we are, five years & several hundred videos later, immensely proud of the incredible repository of literary & translation talent we've showcased to the world. Thanks to all who contributed!🎉
buff.ly/L9ZSuwZ
buff.ly/L9ZSuwZ
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Starting tomorrow, we will be hosting another New Books in German feature week. A series of readings translated from German, all books seeking a publisher, with funding available. Stay tuned for some great readings from some very talented translators! @newgermanbooks.bsky.social
Funding for English translations – New Books in German
Information on the guaranteed funding available through New Books in German
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June 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Starting tomorrow, we will be hosting another New Books in German feature week. A series of readings translated from German, all books seeking a publisher, with funding available. Stay tuned for some great readings from some very talented translators! @newgermanbooks.bsky.social
We are 5 today! 🎉💕 @tinakover.bsky.social
It seems like only yesterday that we started this little YouTube channel & now here we are, five years & several hundred videos later, immensely proud of the incredible repository of literary & translation talent we've showcased to the world. Thanks to all who contributed!🎉
buff.ly/L9ZSuwZ
buff.ly/L9ZSuwZ
May 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We are 5 today! 🎉💕 @tinakover.bsky.social
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What to do if your NEA grant was rescinded docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Guidance for NEA Grantees Facing Termination or Withdrawal of Funds
Guidance for NEA Grantees Facing Termination or Withdrawal of Funds Last updated: May 4, 12:00 pm ET If you've received a termination notice or notice of withdrawn funding recommendation from the Na...
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May 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
What to do if your NEA grant was rescinded docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Of course we wouldn't be able to fund the Translators Aloud BCLT bursary without your generous donations throughout the year, for which we are deeply grateful, thank you so much! Please do buy us a coffee if you're able; ALL monies go toward funding each year's bursary. 💚 ko-fi.com/translatorsa...
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May 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Of course we wouldn't be able to fund the Translators Aloud BCLT bursary without your generous donations throughout the year, for which we are deeply grateful, thank you so much! Please do buy us a coffee if you're able; ALL monies go toward funding each year's bursary. 💚 ko-fi.com/translatorsa...
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We've just sent off the payment for our @bcltuea.bsky.social half-bursary for the 2025 Literary Translation Summer School! 🎉 We're SO delighted that we've been able to fund participation for another BIPOC translator and we look forward to introducing you to the recipient in due course!
May 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We've just sent off the payment for our @bcltuea.bsky.social half-bursary for the 2025 Literary Translation Summer School! 🎉 We're SO delighted that we've been able to fund participation for another BIPOC translator and we look forward to introducing you to the recipient in due course!
My translation of Zoé Derleyn's short story 'Yellow Dust' has just been published in the gorgeous spring issue of The Southern Review. 💛
The story is from the collection Je m’appelle Australie (Éditions du Rouergue, 2024)
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@southernreview.bsky.social
The story is from the collection Je m’appelle Australie (Éditions du Rouergue, 2024)
thesouthernreview.org/issues/detai...
@southernreview.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My translation of Zoé Derleyn's short story 'Yellow Dust' has just been published in the gorgeous spring issue of The Southern Review. 💛
The story is from the collection Je m’appelle Australie (Éditions du Rouergue, 2024)
thesouthernreview.org/issues/detai...
@southernreview.bsky.social
The story is from the collection Je m’appelle Australie (Éditions du Rouergue, 2024)
thesouthernreview.org/issues/detai...
@southernreview.bsky.social
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⚡ #FLASHBACKFRIDAY ⚡ Every week we take a fresh look at a reading from the #translatorsaloud archives. Treat yourself all over again to one of our brilliant features, or discover your next translated read! buff.ly/OfaFMJK
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#translation #xl8 #books #read
@charcopress.com @cmctranslations.bsky.social
#translation #xl8 #books #read
Charlotte Coombe reads from Margarita García Robayo's HOLIDAY HEART (Charco Press, 2020)
Holiday Heart by Margarita García Robayo (Charco Press, 2020)Translated by Charlotte CoombeLucía and Pablo are Colombian immigrants who’ve built their lives ...
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April 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
⚡ #FLASHBACKFRIDAY ⚡ Every week we take a fresh look at a reading from the #translatorsaloud archives. Treat yourself all over again to one of our brilliant features, or discover your next translated read! buff.ly/OfaFMJK
@charcopress.com @cmctranslations.bsky.social
#translation #xl8 #books #read
@charcopress.com @cmctranslations.bsky.social
#translation #xl8 #books #read
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@furiousleeper.bsky.social reads from Colombian writer Ricardo Silva Romero's RIO MUERTO (@worldedbooks.bsky.social): a wrenching tale of murder and survival; "a window into a violent world and a tale about a family suffering at the hands of paramilitarism and bad neighbours."
Victor Meadowcroft reads from Ricardo Silva Romero's RIO MUERTO (World Editions, 2025)
On the outskirts of Belen del Chami, a town that has yet to appear on any map of Colombia, the mute Salomón Palacios is murdered a few steps away from his ho...
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April 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
@furiousleeper.bsky.social reads from Colombian writer Ricardo Silva Romero's RIO MUERTO (@worldedbooks.bsky.social): a wrenching tale of murder and survival; "a window into a violent world and a tale about a family suffering at the hands of paramilitarism and bad neighbours."
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Lots of buzz at the moment about Emily Wilson and her performance-readings from her translations of Homer's #Odyssey. You can watch those readings (and so many more!) on our channel: check us out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1at...
Emily Wilson's dramatic mini reading from Homer's The Odyssey - Book 1
YouTube video by Translators Aloud
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March 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Lots of buzz at the moment about Emily Wilson and her performance-readings from her translations of Homer's #Odyssey. You can watch those readings (and so many more!) on our channel: check us out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1at...
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🛒 Check out all the amazing #translatorsaloud merch for sale on our website. 🛒
Funds raised go to supporting our bursary for the BCLT summer school.✍️
https://buff.ly/41dRMKv
Funds raised go to supporting our bursary for the BCLT summer school.✍️
https://buff.ly/41dRMKv
February 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🛒 Check out all the amazing #translatorsaloud merch for sale on our website. 🛒
Funds raised go to supporting our bursary for the BCLT summer school.✍️
https://buff.ly/41dRMKv
Funds raised go to supporting our bursary for the BCLT summer school.✍️
https://buff.ly/41dRMKv
Business idea. Clothes made from rubber rings and lilos: float couture
Business idea. clothes made the same way they've always been with no deviation: rote couture
Business idea. clothes made of the water found around a castle: moat couture
February 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Business idea. Clothes made from rubber rings and lilos: float couture
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We are a completely unfunded operation - any funds we've raised over the years through kind donations, doing feature weeks & collaborations, or selling merch, have gone towards funding this #BCLT summer school bursary every year. Head to our website for ways to support us: www.translatorsaloud.com
Translators Aloud – Translators reading translations
Translators Aloud is a YouTube channel devoted to sharing the work of literary translators, for both published and unpublished works.
www.translatorsaloud.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We are a completely unfunded operation - any funds we've raised over the years through kind donations, doing feature weeks & collaborations, or selling merch, have gone towards funding this #BCLT summer school bursary every year. Head to our website for ways to support us: www.translatorsaloud.com
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For the last few years, Translators Aloud has been contributing to a bursary for the BCLT Literary Translation Summer School. In 2024 we funded a place for Makafane Tšepang Ntlamelle (@makafanentlamelle.bsky.social) who is a writer, among other things. He lives in Maseru, Lesotho.
February 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For the last few years, Translators Aloud has been contributing to a bursary for the BCLT Literary Translation Summer School. In 2024 we funded a place for Makafane Tšepang Ntlamelle (@makafanentlamelle.bsky.social) who is a writer, among other things. He lives in Maseru, Lesotho.
Reposted by Charlie Coombe
Translators Aloud is a completely unfunded operation. Any funds we've raised over the years through your kind donations, or by doing feature weeks, collaborations & selling merch, have gone towards funding this #BCLT summer school bursary every year. Check our website for ways you can support us 🙏
February 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Translators Aloud is a completely unfunded operation. Any funds we've raised over the years through your kind donations, or by doing feature weeks, collaborations & selling merch, have gone towards funding this #BCLT summer school bursary every year. Check our website for ways you can support us 🙏
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Since 2022, #TranslatorsAloud has been contributing to a bursary for the #BCLT Literary Translation Summer School, either helping to fund a full place for a participant, or to cover travel costs...
Our first recipient in 2022 was Bryony Lau, who joined the multilingual prose workshop with @antonhur.
Our first recipient in 2022 was Bryony Lau, who joined the multilingual prose workshop with @antonhur.
February 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Since 2022, #TranslatorsAloud has been contributing to a bursary for the #BCLT Literary Translation Summer School, either helping to fund a full place for a participant, or to cover travel costs...
Our first recipient in 2022 was Bryony Lau, who joined the multilingual prose workshop with @antonhur.
Our first recipient in 2022 was Bryony Lau, who joined the multilingual prose workshop with @antonhur.