The Spanish Language/Translators Social

Translation is an art, and the artists who work on children's literature are a vital part of our international SCBWI community! (The world is much more diverse than just folks who speak English...)

The Spanish Language/Translators Social on Saturday at lunch was an intimate conversation, with connections international and multi-lingual!

Some of the handouts included:

for copies of the handouts or for any SCBWI translation questions, email tc@scbwi.org

for resources in español, email Malena Fuentes, slc@scbwi.org

Si hablas español, la página de Facebook Facebook en Español seguirá los principales acontecimientos del congreso #LA19SCBWI.

#LA19SCBWI starts tomorrow, and our Spanish-speaking friends (lead by Malena F. Alzu, SCBWI's Spanish Language Coordinator) will be sharing about the conference on SCBWI Facebook en Español here: https://www.facebook.com/scbwispanish/!

We hope you'll follow along, and share the word - en español, of course!

Oh, and make sure to check out the July 2019 issue of La Cometa here!

Make sure to follow the hashtag #LA19SCBWI on social media, and here at the Official SCBWI Conference Blog at http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/

The International / Translators / Spanish Social

Attendees at the International / Translators / Spanish social

A passionate crowd of international, translator, and Spanish-speaking SCBWI members gathered at lunchtime on the first full day of the Summer Conference. We started out with some exercises, pairing off to discuss our writer/illustrator/translator challenges and possible solutions.

Then we shuffled into small groups, to talk about Spanish language children's books, the Europolitan Conference, Translation, SCBWI's Bologna presence, and much more.

Lunchtime ended with questions from the larger group, and then more visiting and sharing and introductions!

The International, Translator, and Spanish Social

Hosted by Kathleen Ahrens, SCBWI's International Regional Advisor Chairperson, (standing, on the right) and Angela Cerrito, SCBWI's Assistant International Advisor (standing,  on the left) during Saturday's lunch, the gathering convened into smaller groups, focused on Spanish, Translators, Nonfiction, Picture Books, and Novels.

Their discussion prompts:

What are you working on?

What is your current stumbling block?

What is a possible solution?

Finding tribes within the SCBWI community... that's such a big part of the SCBWI Winter conference!

The International / Translator / Spanish Language Social

It's a warm and welcoming circle, with Kathleen Ahrens (SCBWI International Regional Advisor Chairperson), along with Dana Carey (International Illustrator Coordinator), Mina Witteman (International Published Authors' Coordinator), and Christopher Cheng (International Awards and Publications Coordinator) along with Regional Advisor team members from regions around the world.

Sharing resources and running down the main events of the U.K., Europolitan conference (France, German, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands), Indonesia, and Japan, it's summed up beautifully by Kathleen, who says, "If you want to travel, there is always an SCBWI event to go to."