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The Australian Association for Literary Translation has its own peer-reviewed online journal, launched in March 2010.

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The AALITRA Review Special Issue 2024

Exploring Indigenous Australian literature in other languages

Indigenous Australian literature started gaining international attention in the late 1970s, when works written by Indigenous authors began to be translated into various languages (Čerče & Haag 2013), including English which often acted as a source text for translations into LOTEs (languages other than English). These works have played an important role in promoting and advocating for the rich culture and history of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples. The AALITRA Review is launching a special issue to promote and celebrate the vibrant cultures, languages and traditions of Indigenous Australian and New Zealander writers. For this special issue we invite contributions from translators and researchers who are interested in Indigenous Australian and New Zealander literature (here, defined as any works written by Indigenous Australian or New Zealander authors, either in English or in an Indigenous language) and its translation, which include fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays, and scholarly works which focus on the genre.

Types of contributions we accept include:

  1. Translation from indigenous languages, or from English translations of such languages into other languages than English (LOTEs) with commentary, consisting of original translations into LOTEs of literary texts, including poetry, prose and theatre, accompanied by a critical introduction and commentary by the translator.
  2. Translation of works originally written in English by indigenous Australian writers with commentary, consisting of original translations into LOTEs of literary texts, including poetry, prose and theatre, accompanied by a critical introduction and commentary by the translator.
  3. Scholarly articles on the topic of translating indigenous Australian literature.
  4. Reviews of Translation Studies publications on the topic of indigenous Australian literature.
  5. Reviews of translations of indigenous Australian literature.

 

Submissions

Please first submit your EOI to either Hélène Jaccomard (helene.jaccomard@uwa.edu.au) by 15 February 2024 (EOI below).

EOI-form-Special-issue-of-The-AALITRA-Review-2024

General information

The AALITRA Review uses double-blind review for articles and translation with commentary submitted for publication in the Special Issue. It is the author’s responsibility to obtain permission to reprint any quotations of more than 500 words of prose, or of more than two lines of poetry. If your submission is accepted, you may consider becoming a member of AALITRA for at least the calendar year in which your piece is to be published.

 

Key dates
Expressions of Interest (EOI): 15 February 2024 (EOI below)
Deadline for full submissions: 30 April 2024
Reviewers’ reports: 30 June 2024
Final revised submissions: 31 August 2024
Expected publication date: 30 November 2024

 

Submission guidelines

Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word document format. Please use Times New Roman 12-point font, and indent new paragraphs (but do not leave a line gap between paragraphs). Use British / Australian spelling conventions, but with “z” rather than “s” (“civilization” not “civilisation”, but “analyse” rather than “analyze”). Use double rather than single quotation marks (but single quotation marks for quotes within quotes). Any quotes in languages other than English should either be translated in square brackets or glossed into English, for the benefit of readers unfamiliar with the language in question.

 

Translations with commentary

Translations into LOTE, usually no more than 6000 words in length in the English source text, should be accompanied by the translator’s commentary, generally of around 1000 words. The commentary should introduce and contextualize the text, and also explore some of the challenges of the translation process and discuss the translation strategies adopted. Translations are published in parallel text. It is the translator’s responsibility to obtain permission from the author / publisher of the source text to republish the piece in The AALITRA Review.

 

Articles

Scholarly articles should not normally exceed 6,000 words (excluding footnotes and references), though longer manuscripts may in some cases be considered. All articles should be accompanied by an abstract of 150-200 words. Correct referencing should be used throughout the article – please follow carefully the instructions below on notes, citations and bibliography.

 

Reviews

We invite reviews of Translation Studies publications on the topic of indigenous Australian literature and its translation; and reviews of translations of literary texts from indigenous Australian literature. Reviews should normally be around 1000 words in length, though longer contributions may be considered, especially if they constitute a scholarly analysis of a selection of related texts. Reviews of literary translations should contextualize the text and its author within the source-culture literary system, and comment critically on the translation challenges the text presents, and how these have been tackled by the translator.

 

Notes, Citations and Bibliography

Footnotes should only be used for additional comments or explanations that cannot readily be absorbed into the main body of the article, and should be kept to a minimum. Please use the Modern Language Association (MLA) Style Guide and referencing system, https://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing-referencing/mla8. This link provides examples of in-text citations, indented quotations and bibliography.

 

For questions email Hélène Jaccomard (helene.jaccomard@uwa.edu.au) or Eliza Nicoll (eliza.nicoll1@monash.edu ).

 

Please use the following links to Login or Register to make your submission. Ensure to indicate that the submission is for the special issue.


The AALITRA Review (ISSN 1838-1294) can be downloaded from the links below:

We’ve published the latest issue of The AALITRA Review which you can read by clicking here:

No. 19 https://ojs.latrobe.edu.au/ojs/index.php/AALITRA/issue/view/95

Previous Issues:

No. 17: Special Issue (2022) [https://ojs.latrobe.edu.au/ojs/index.php/AALITRA/issue/view/93]

No. 16 (2021)

2020 issue (no. 15 2020)

2019 issue (no. 14, 2019)

Archive of all issues to date

Co-Editors: Hélène Jaccomard and Eliza Nicoll

Deputy editor: Julia Sudull

Editorial Advisory Committee: Brian Nelson, Leah Gerber, Rick Qi and Robert Savage

Editorial Advisory Board: Esther Allen (Baruch College, City University of New York), Harry Aveling (Monash University), Peter Bush (Oxford), John Coetzee (University of Adelaide), Nicholas Jose (University of Adelaide), Alyson Waters (Yale University), Kevin Windle (Australian National University).

The AALITRA Review publishes a variety of high-quality material concerned with literary translation, and translations of literary texts with a critical introduction and commentary by the translator. It hopes to foster a community of literary translators and to be a forum for lively debate concerning issues related to the translation of literary texts. All submissions are subject to anonymous peer review.

We welcome submissions in the following areas:

  • scholarly articles on aspects of translation (both practical and theoretical)
  • interviews with established translators or Translation Studies scholars on aspects of their work
  • book reviews of major Translation Studies publications
  • book reviews of literary translations into English, or of Australian writing into other languages
  • original translations into English of literary texts (with a preference for poetry and prose) accompanied by a critical introduction and commentary by the translator
  • original translations of Australian literary texts (with a preference for poetry and prose) into languages other than English, accompanied by a critical introduction and commentary by the translator written in English

We ask contributors to become members of AALITRA for at least the year in which their piece is published.

We accept submissions at any time of the year.

Submissions, which must be prepared according to the Guidelines for Contributors, should be submitted through the journal website  https://ojs.latrobe.edu.au/ojs/index.php/AALITRA/index