Literary Translators’ Centre opened in Hanoi

May 30, 2014 | World

Tags: WorldOn 26 May 2014 the Vietnam Writers’ Association opened a centre for literary translators in Hanoi. Speaking at the opening,  the poet Huu Thinh, chairman of the Association of Vietnamese Authors, said a major goal of the new centre is to professionalize the...

Finnish literary translators join the Union of Journalists

May 24, 2014 | Finland

Tags: FinlandIn order to address their steadily worsening economic situation and their unfair position vis-a-vis publishers in the current crisis affecting all players in the printed media, Finnish literary translators have taken the initiative to establish a new...

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014 to author Hassan Blasim and translator Jonathan Wright

May 24, 2014 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomThe Independent Foreign Fiction Prize has been won by the Arab writer Hassan Blasim for his second short-story collection The Iraqi Christ, and by translator Jonathan Wright. The book was published by independent Comma Press. Blasim, described as...

Translating days in Düsseldorf (21–23 May 2014)

May 20, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyFrom 21 to 23 May the Heinrich Heine-University in Düsseldorf in cooperation with the Kunststiftung NRW (Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia) will organize Sprachwandeln – Düsseldorfer Tage zur Kunst des Übersetzens (‘Language Walking – The...

First Swedish – Italian translation seminar on children’s and young adult literature

May 18, 2014 | Italy, Sweden

Tags: Italy, SwedenThis year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair played host to the closing ceremony of the first Italian translation seminar series focused on Swedish and Finland Swedish children’s and young adult literature. The series, initiated by the Swedish Arts...