Stephanie
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The ABC & DEF of  Translation (2026 – )



This series of workshops is developed from my ongoing research in language and translation.

The workshops hold space for many languages.


The ABC of  Translation

‘The ABC of Translation’ is about the inherent convolution that translation entails. The workshop explores translation as laborious utterance, when one translates interiority into transmissible codes; as close reading, when one translates words from an unfamiliar language into a definition in a familiar language; or as attentive listening, when one attempts to read through the opacity in meanings. In the session, participants meander through the folds of translation using different prompts to traverse the selected texts — hovering, lingering, as we unravel the layers, at once familiar and oddly askew.


The DEF of  Translation

The DEF, or deaf, of translation explores what is left unheard in translation — the sounds, voices, and tones that go astray, slipping through the interstices of the translation process. The workshop includes example sharing, and collective activities that experiment with errant acts of translation, with elements of the outcome coalescing into a zine.

Previous iterations were made possible through collaboration with curator Charmaine Wah and The People’s Letters bookstore.

‘The ABC of Translation’ workshop outside outhouse gallery in London, as part of the public programme for the exhibition 'Refrains on the Edge of Appearance' curated by Charmaine Wah, May 2026. (Photo: Charmain Wah)
‘The ABC of Translation’, outhouse gallery, London, May 2026. (Photo: Charmain Wah)
‘The ABC of Translation’, outhouse gallery, London, May 2026. (Photo: Stephanie Chung)
‘The ABC of Translation’ workshop at The People’s Letters bookstore in London, as a special edition of their Multilingual Monday Mingling, Aug 2026. (Photo: Stephanie Chung)
‘The DEF of Translation’ workshop at The People’s Letters bookstore in London, as a special edition of their Multilingual Monday Mingling, Sep 2026. (Photo: Stephanie Chung)
‘The DEF of Translation’, The People’s Letters bookstore, London, Sep 2026. (Photo: Stephanie Chung)