Slam, Bam, Thank You Ma'am

Ever heard of poetry slams? They’re all the rage in the States. Basically, a group of people get together and read their poetry to one another. It’s like a poetry reading, but with tequila instead of herbal tea.

Since this is such a great idea, I’m proposing we have translation slams. Every person gets a text, a pencil and a piece of paper and has 30 minutes to produce the best translation they can. Oh, wait a second - we already have those. They’re called “exams”.

Damn!

Big fat update: Someone apparently read my post, leapt into a time machine and added it to the program for this festival six months ago. Here's the evidence:

On Wednesday, March 30 at 16h00 be sure to attend our “Translation Slam / Le dire autrement”, the non-violent sport of translation.

Ah, the pain of plagiarism!