The German > Slovenian translator Alenka Mercina won the second edition of the Jerman prize (which is awarded for the translation of a work in the humanities and social sciences) for Govorica tretjega rajha: Filologova beležnica, her translation of LTI – Lingua Tertii Imperii by the author Victor Klemperer. […]
The 2016 Sovre Prize goes to the Russian > Slovenian translator Lijana Dejak
Slovenian Prize for Young Translator of the Year awarded to Tanja Petrič and Diana Pungeršič
Netherlands Translate!
Grand Prize for Literary Translation 2016 awarded by the APT and the SPA
Creation of a contract-law dispute arbitration board in the Netherlands

A contract-law dispute arbitration board was established in the Netherlands on 1st October 2016. Its role is to arbitrate disputes regarding the interpretation of contract law between authors and the parties exploiting their works. The procedure will be a simple one, based upon the law pertaining to authors’ rights. […]
Call for applications: International meeting for translators of German literature (Berlin / Leipzig, 19-26 March 2017)

From 19-26 March 2017 the Robert Bosch Foundation and Literarisches Colloquium Berlin will host a seminar for professional translators of German literature. With financial support from the Goethe-Institut, S. Fischer Foundation, Traduki and the Pro Helvetia foundation, the seminar is open to 30 translators from all over the world. […]
New website: KurdîLit – Network for Kurdish literature and publishing in Turkey

Although Kurdish-language publishing in Turkey has picked up speed, especially in the last ten years, Diyarbakır Arts Center (DSM) and Lîs Editions noticed that the limited visibility of Kurdish-language literature in Turkey and in the international arena continues to be a problem, both for producers and for readers. […]