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Translation as Resistance

April 28, 2026

Session Description

Meaning can be lost in translation — but it can also be strengthened. In this virtual panel discussion, translators Ryad Assani-Razaki, Jinwoo Park, and Leilei Chen explore how translation choices shape narrative, voice, and access in a panel conversation that examines how language can carry cultural nuance and how thoughtful translation can advance social justice.

Sponsored by Literary Press Group.

Session Speakers

Ryad Assani-Razaki

Ryad Assani-Razaki

Author

Ryad Assani-Razaki (he/him) was born in Benin, West African and writes about the struggles of immigration in a world dominated by the west.

The Hand of Iman
Leilei 莫译 Chen

Leilei 莫译 Chen

Author

Leilei Chen 莫译(muo-yee) (she/her) is a translator, writer, poet, and lecturer. She published Re-orienting China; I Have Forsaken Heaven and Earth, but Never Forsaken You; i give birth to my body.

I Give Birth to My Body
Jinwoo Park

Jinwoo Park

Author

Jinwoo Park (he/him) is a Korean-Canadian writer based in Montreal. In 2021, he won the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award. Oxford Soju Club is his debut novel.

Oxford Soju Club
Maureen Tai

Maureen Tai

Maureen Tai (she/her) has a multi-faceted literary career as an award-winning published children’s author, adult fiction and non-fiction writer, accidental poet and book reviewer. Her works have appeared in Cha, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, the Baltimore Review, Kyoto Journal, Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine, Ricepaper Magazine, and the Hooghly Review, among others. She is also a speaker, moderator and visual storyteller, having managed the Hong Kong International Literary Festival in 2023, and moderated talks with authors such as Pico Iyer, Emily St John Mandel and Asako Yuzuki. Maureen’s work can be found at www.maureentai.com.

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