The Russian Connection - TRANSlation TRANSformed

Top level Russian government connections dating back two hundred years will be revived 20-22 Sept 2013 when the historic spa town of Moffat in the south of Scotland, hosts a ground-breaking Russian translation conference organised by Scottish charity Moffat Book Events with the State Institute of Translation, Moscow and the Moscow-based State Library for Foreign Literature (VGBIL).

The spa town was visited by Grand Duke (later Tsar) Nicholas of Russia in 1816 during his tour of Britain following victory over Napoleon*. The conference is  to be opened by Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop MSP and State Secretary, Grigory Ivliev, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation - the programme includes:

The Art of the Translator: Three Poems by Duncan Ban MacIntyre, Sorley MacLean and Vladimir Mayakovsky by Professor Alan Riach

A screening of  the documentary film ‘Russia’s Open Book’ by Paul Mirchell and Sarah Wallis

The Importance of Translation in a 21st Century digital age - an introduction

The Challenges of Translating Lermontov  ( and Burns)

and Capturing the moment in contemporary Fiction


* The future Tsar Nicholas I stayed at the Annandale (then known as the King's) Arms hotel

For attendance booking inquiries please contact:
 Alan Thomson alan.thomson25@gmail.com  or visit www.moffatbookevents.co.uk

All other inquiries to Elizabeth Roberts  info@moffatbookevents or tel 07968801178
Moffat Book Events is a registered Scottish charity no SCO42782