The 8th Annual Rutgers Translate-a-thon

March 27, 2026 · Celebrating Languages, Community & Impact

Welcome!

Join us for a full day of collaborative translation, creative workshops, and community impact. The Translate-a-thon brings together students, faculty, and community partners to work on short-term translation projects, explore interpretation and localization, and celebrate multilingualism at Rutgers.

This year features community-based translation projects and hands-on workshops in hybrid and virtual formats.

Speakers of all languages and all levels are welcome. We look forward to seeing you there ✨

Join here the Canvas site to access the projects!

Morning

10:00 AM
Registration & light breakfast — 4th Floor Lobby

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Workshops

• Souq al-Tarjama: Idioms & Juha Tales – Jehan Mohamed (Arabic / English). Room 402
• Food, Ritual, and Myth: Interpreting and Contextualizing the Cuneiform of KTU 1.23. – Alexander Kingsbury-Neuschotz (Ugaritic / English). Room 309
• Workshop: Translation Technology: Human-Computer Interaction – Stephanie Rodriguez (Open to all languages). Room 403
• Workshop: You Speak Greek and Don’t Even Know It – Arete Bouhlas (Open to all languages). Room SPR 319

12:00 PM
Lunch available for all participants — 4th Floor Lobby
12:30 PM-1:30 PM Workshops

• Romanian: A Latin Language at the Crossroads of the Balkans – Carla Caponegro (Open to all languages). Room 402.

Translation Projects

12:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Collaborative translation work on site and online. Room 403

• Family Reach Survey Materials
  Coordinator: Devin Traxler
  Languages: Spanish
• City Green SNAP Outreach Materials
  Coordinator: Robbie Economou
  Languages: Hindi, French, Indonesian, Russian, Italian, Turkish, Albanian, Urdu, Ukranian
• Rutgers Students for Environmental Action (SEA)
  Coordinator: Caroline Heinle
  Languages: Spanish, Mandarin, Hindi
• New Roots, Inc.
  Coordinator: Karyn Moskowitz
  Languages: Spanish

Afternoon Workshops

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

• Starting a Tourist Agency in a Language of Your Choice – Nafees Shaheed (Open to all languages). Room 309
• Through Different Eyes: Reading American Images Across Cultures – Ryan Rivera & Jacqueline Loeb (Open to all languages). Room 402.
• The Language Bank Volunteer Training – Laura Ramírez Polo (Open to all languages). Room 403.

4:00 – 4:30 PM
Dessert, raffle, and closing reflections — 4th Floor Lobby

Questions?

Email:

ramirez.laura@rutgers.edu
nnavarro@english.rutgers.edu
jloeb@english.rutgers.edu

Supported by

The Language Center · Language Engagement Project · Center for European Studies · Department of Spanish & Portuguese

Department of English · Rutgers Translation Studies Initiative · Collaborative Center for Community Engagement