Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication

The Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication (PTIC) offers a diverse curriculum that allows undergraduates to develop their understanding of intercultural communication from numerous perspectives.

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Certificate Program

Undergraduates can delve deeper into translation issues by pursuing a certificate.

Lecture Series

The lunchtime series attracts world renowned experts in the field.

Bookshelf

The PTIC faculty have written prolifically on translation issues.

The point of the course was not to produce translators, but to produce citizens who can understand the issues of translation."
David Bellos
Director of PTIC and the Global Seminar in Geneva in 2014

Announcements

Congratulations to Max WEISS (HIS/NES) for being on the longlist for this year’s National Book Award for Translated Literature with his translation from Arabic of Dunya Mikhail's The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq (New Directions Publishing) and to Jhumpa Lahiri (CWR) for being on the same list with her translation from Italian of Domenico Starnone, Trick (Europa Editions). More details can be found here: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-2018-national-book-awards-longlist-translated-literature
We are proud to announce that David Boyd (GS EAS) has been awarded the 2018 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature for his translation of Slow Boat by Hideo Furukawa (Pushkin Press, 2017). Well done, David!