PELTA is the Portuguese-English Literary Translators Association. https://portuguesetranslators.org/ https://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3mhbgcdkxb222Congratulations to PELTA members @guedesftaty.bsky.social, @ninaperrotta.bsky.social, @bethangharad.bsky.social, @aminckey.bsky.social, @emyrwallace.bsky.social, Julia Sanches, Vania Gomes and Gilles Madan - all shortlisted for the @englishpen.bsky.social PEN Presents: Brazil funding programme! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Mar 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbgcdkxb222https://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3mftzf56o4s2oHuge congratulations to PELTA member Padma Viswanathan, whose translation of Ana Paula Maia's 'On Earth As It Is Beneath' has been shortlisted for the @thebookerprizes.com #InternationalBooker2026!27 Feb 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftzf56o4s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3mftz5a4sc22oWe're excited to offer a new webinar for our members - Beyond Pitching: Other Routes to Work! Join PELTA members @rahulbery.bsky.social, Sophie Lewis & Nina Perrotta to learn about reader reports, publishing in journals, translating samples & more - free to members! Joining info on our website!27 Feb 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftz5a4sc22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3mduqops2lc24We're delighted to bring you the first in our series of PELTA member spotlights, where we'll be introducing you to some of the fantastic translators who make up PELTA! First up, the brilliant @furiousleeper.bsky.social https://hellopeltablog.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/pelta-member-spotlight/02 Feb 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mduqops2lc24https://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3mbylwm75l22kPELTA, the origin story! Cristina Pinto-Bailey spoke to Daniel Hahn & Padma Viswanathan, two of PELTA's founders, to find out about the vision around which PELTA was based, and its plans for the future. Check it out on the PELTA Blog: https://hellopeltablog.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/pelta-looking-back-looking-ahead/09 Jan 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbylwm75l22khttps://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3manjxjgnlc2pPELTA wishes happy holidays to all its members and friends - and hopes everyone gifts, receives and reads lots of books by wonderful Lusophone authors over the holidays and in 2026!23 Dec 2025 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3manjxjgnlc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3m73chpl6ps2yAn unmissable new PELTA blog on Mário de Andrade's 'O Turista Aprendiz' by the brilliant Flora Thomson-DeVeaux (@ruivanorio.bsky.social). Read it here: https://hellopeltablog.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/becoming-an-apprentice-tourist-with-mario-de-andrade/03 Dec 2025 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73chpl6ps2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3m6jve5crsk26We're delighted to invite our members to PELTA's traditional end-of-year holiday social on December 11 at 6pm (UK time) on Zoom! Please RSVP to our PELTA Chair, and if you're not a member yet, you can still join in time to participate in the merriest of all celebrations!26 Nov 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jve5crsk26https://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3m3rmj4l7kc25A host of @pelta.bsky.social translators featured in this fabulous collection of Brazilian Christmas stories from @newvesselpress.bsky.social. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Oct 2025 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rmj4l7kc25https://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3m3rmezmc6c25An unmissable event featuring @pelta.bsky.social members Margaret Jull Costa and Annie McDermott! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Oct 2025 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rmezmc6c25https://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3m2rkkcrr2k2xAngolan poet & historian Ana Paula Tavares has won the 2025 Camões Prize for literature in the Portuguese language! "Awarding the prize to Ana Paula Tavares celebrates the strength and beauty of Lusophone literature," said Brazil's culture minister, Margareth Menezes. https://www.gov.br/bn/pt-br/central-de-conteudos/noticias/poeta-angolana-ana-paula-tavares-conquista-o-premio-camoes-2025-109 Oct 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rkkcrr2k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3m2r33pjduk2xOur new PELTA Blog post is up! From FLIP - Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty - Christina Baum, Bruna Dantas Lobato, and Sophie Lewis talk about promoting Brazilian literature in English, the joys and challenges of being a translator, and much more: https://hellopeltablog.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/pelta-at-flip-2025/09 Oct 2025 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2r33pjduk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3m24rtxfy3c24(Slightly belated) happy International Translators Day to all our members and friends!01 Oct 2025 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m24rtxfy3c24https://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3lz6yvkpsgk24Yesterday the brilliant Julia Sanches gave her fellow PELTA members a fascinating & valuable insight into the intricacies of translation contract negotiation. PELTA regularly offers such workshops to its members - if you're a translator working in Portuguese & aren't yet a member, why not join us?19 Sep 2025 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6yvkpsgk24https://bsky.app/profile/pelta.bsky.social/post/3lyx4niwenc2i"Translation is a form of resistance" - don't miss this fascinating interview with renowned literary translator Elizabeth Lowe, by PELTA's own Cristina Pinto-Bailey. Up on the @pelta.bsky.social blog now! https://hellopeltablog.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/translation-is-a-form-of-resistance-an-interview-with-elizabeth-lowe/16 Sep 2025 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:awcmpyplyq25phkaohcl5pcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyx4niwenc2i