Literary Translators’ Visibility in The Netherlands: Vertaalslag 2014

Apr 18, 2014 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsOn Monday 3 March the literary translators’ division of the Dutch Authors’ Guild (VvL), in cooperation with the Foundation for Literary Activities Amsterdam (SLAA), hosted its annual discussion evening  on translation, ‘Vertaalslag’. This year’s theme...

Edwin Morgan Translation Fellowship for Courses in British and Irish Literature

Apr 16, 2014 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomTo celebrate the life and work of the poet and translator Edwin Morgan, Creative Scotland is funding a free place on the six-week SUISS ‘Text and Context: British and Irish Literature from 1900 to the Present’ course from 7th July to...

Call for applications: Workshop for translators from German of children’s and young people’s literature (17-22 August 2014, Hamburg)

Apr 14, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyOn 17-22 August 2014 the Robert Bosch Foundation and Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V. (Working Group for Youth Literature e.V) will host the fifth annual workshop on the translation of German literature for children and young people entitled ‘Kein...

2014 Straelen Translation Award to Marianne Gareis and Michael Kegler

Apr 12, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyThe Art Foundation NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia) in cooperation with the EUK Straelen (‘European Translators’ College’) have given this year’s Straelen Translation Award for lifetime work to Marianne Gareis and Michael Kegler for their...

New agreement on common rules on fees and royalties for literary translations in Germany

Apr 10, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyOn 1 April 2014 the German association of literary translators VdÜ and a group of German publishing houses led by Carl Hanser Verlag in Munich, have concluded a joint agreement on remuneration and royalties for literary translations in Germany...