‘Translation, Everywhere’ Photo Contest

Jul 30, 2015 | World

Tags: WorldLiterary translators don’t exist. That’s what you’d often think from looking at the press, book reviews, book covers… You’d think books are magically written in all sorts of languages at the drop of a hat. Shakespeare wrote his sonnets in English, but...

Tenth anniversary of Translation House Looren marked with literature and music

Jul 30, 2015 | Switzerland

Tags: SwitzerlandSince 2005, Translation House Looren in Switzerland has been hosting literary translators, organising workshops in literary translation, and providing readings for the general public. To mark its 10th anniversary, actors Claudia Carigiet and Jürg...

Translators’ house in Seneffe celebrates its 20th anniversary (Belgium, 29 August 2015)

Jul 24, 2015 | Belgium

Tags: BelgiumThis year the Collège européen des traducteurs littéraires de Seneffe (CTLS) in Belgium celebrates its twentieth anniversary of hosting literary translators from all over the world with a special programme, consisting of a round table discussion and an...

Prix lémanique for translation goes to Holger Fock and Jean-Yves Masson

Jul 21, 2015 | France, Germany

Tags: France, GermanyThe 2015 Prix lémanique for translation will be awarded to the translators Holger Fock and Jean-Yves Masson. In addition to being President of CEATL Holger Fock is a German translator of literary fiction and non-fiction from French and has...

Slovenia hosts 12th Pranger Festival on poetry and translation

Jul 18, 2015 | Slovenia

Tags: SloveniaThis year’s Pranger Festival, a gathering of poets, critics and translators of poetry, was held from 30 June to 5 July in the towns of Rogaška Slatina, Šmarje pri Jelšah and Ljubljana in Slovenia. Each year at the Festival three critics each choose three...