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TRADUcat: Translators from catalan

This data base provides contact information on translators of Catalan literature who have recently-published translated works. This information is drawn from TRAC, a data base of translations of Catalan literature, and serves as a resource for those requiring information on literary translators who are currently active.

The data base can also include translators who have at least one work translated from Catalan to another language, in book format, and as the sole translator of that work. Translators can send us their name and contact information, in order to update our database. We welcome your comments, additions or corrections which may be e-mailed to us at: rcrespi@llull.cat or Llull general email.

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Jay Uhlemann

Jay Uhlemann

Queer booklover, literary translator and subtitler. Translates fiction, children’s and young adult literature, graphic novels and plays. Has been living in Tarragona for ten years, where they are part of the city’s sociocultural fabric.

They have a Bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies and Teaching German as a Foreign Language, as well as a Master’s degree in Urban Anthropology, Migration and Social Intervention from the University of Rovira i Virgili (URV). They are currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Literary Translation at the University of Düsseldorf.

They have translated excerpts from Eva Baltasar’s debut novel Permagel and texts by Maria Arimany for the Die Horenanthology on Catalan literature, published by Wallstein Verlag. Together with Franziska Bergholtz, they translate plays by LAS TESIS and Luis Sorolla. Jay has also created the subtitles for Una brillant imperfecció (o mort d’un pianista) by Vero Cendoya.

Jay mainly translates feminist, queer, rebellious and/or activist voices. They share Sawako Nakayasu’s view, translated into Catalan by Dolors Udina, that translation is political and can be a tool for social transformation.
Target language: German
Genre: Children's and Young Adult Books, Fiction, Theatre
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