Diversity Report 2010: Who is translated across Europe?

Mar 28, 2011 | Europe

Tags: EuropeAs a follow up on their previous mapping and research on literary translation in Europe, Rüdiger Wischenbart and his colleagues now present The Diversity Report 2010. As the researchers report: ‘The Diversity Report 2010 aims at portraying and mapping how...

Literary Translation Centre at the London Book Fair, 11-13 April

Mar 25, 2011 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomThe London Book Fair provides an international marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. Taking place every spring, the London Book Fair offers the opportunity to...

Translators at the Salon du Livre, Paris

Mar 16, 2011 | France

Tags: FranceTwo major events at the Salon du Livre in Paris (Porte de Versailles). At the opening of the Salon on 17 March, and organised by the Salon itself, a series of ‘Translation Encounters’ will be held: five debates will take place throughout the whole of the...

Prize-winning documentary on Russian translator Geier on Swiss television

Mar 11, 2011 | Germany, Switzerland

Tags: Germany, SwitzerlandSvetlana Geier, considered one of the greatest translators of Russian literature into German, spent more than twenty years working on the translation of five novels by Dostoyevsky. At age of 85, Geier leaves Germany, her adopted country, for...

Training in translation skills for native Anglophones

Mar 9, 2011 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomThe AHRC, the School of Advanced Study at the University of London and the University of Westminster start a new research-training initiative. It is a collaboration between the Translators Association of the Society of Authors, UK, the Institute of...