TRANSLATION, COMMUNICATION, & CREATIVITY A Translation Workshop with Kate Deimling, PhD

Translation is not about plugging terms into a formula but about communication. The choices we make when translating require understanding context, style, and culture. Communicating with clients who need our services is also key so that our translation will be well suited to its purpose. In this language-neutral workshop, we’ll look at examples from various fields, including advertising, art, and publishing, and do some hands-on activities. This event is open to all students and interested in translation.

BIO: Kate Deimling is a professional translator of French working in the fields of fiction and non-fiction, art and museums, and advertising and marketing. Her book translations include A Woman Like Her by best-selling novelist Marc Levy and biographies of Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior. She holds a PhD in French from Columbia University and is the administrator of the Literary Division of the American Translators Association. She also provides English-language editing services. Kate’s work is forthcoming in Best Literary Translations 2026, and her debut poetry collection, Time Traveling, has just come out with Cornerstone Press.

Co-sponsored by the Harpur College Dean’s Office, Department of Romance Languages, Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development, and the Translation Research & Instruction Program (TRIP)

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