Speakers talked about the losses and the gains of the meaning of text after having undergone translation, about the responsibility and the power that a translator holds in taking an author’s words and transforming it for a different reader base.
On January 11, 2024, Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh was sworn in as prime minister for a fifth five-year term. Sheikh Hasina won a landslide victory in the January 7 parliamentary elections which the opposition boycotted. Praised initially for her liberal politics, Sheikh Hasina tilts increasingly towards China, and is criticized by both her opposition and civil rights activists