Many congratulations to Deirdre McMahon, who graduated with distinction in our MA in Translation, Writing and Cultural Difference (now MA in Translation and Cultures), whose translation Owls fly soundlessly from Carolina Schutti’s German text Eulen fliegen lautlos has been highly commended for the 2019-20 British Comparative Literature Association/BCLT John Dryden Translation Competition, chosen from over 100 entries and 29 different languages: https://bcla.org/prizes-awards/john-dryden-translation-competition/