Austrian Collective Management Organisation wins court case against Amazon

Jun 21, 2017 | Austria

Tags: AustriaIn 2007, the Amazon group refused to pay a private copying levy on recording media sold online to customers in Austria. Amazon was taken to court by the Austrian collective management organisation Austro-Mechana and found liable by the European Court of...

European School of Literary translation starts off with summer school: Training the teacher of literary translation (Rome, 12-15 September 2017)

Jun 17, 2017 | Europe

Tags: EuropeThe newly founded European School of Literary Translation (ESLT) aims to support professional literary translation by creating a sustainable pan-European infrastructure for the education of literary translation teachers. ESLT will contribute to enhancing...

Residency grants for translators of Icelandic literature (deadline: 1 October 2017)

Jun 17, 2017 | Iceland

Tags: IcelandThe Icelandic Literature Center and The Writers’ Union of Iceland offer residency grants for translators of Icelandic literature. Successful applicants will be granted residencies of two to four weeks in Gunnarshús (the writers’ residence in Reykjavík) in...

Swedish model contract for translators terminated, new strategies in the making

Jun 15, 2017 | Sweden

Tags: SwedenThe Swedish Writers’ Union and the Swedish Publishers’ Association agreed on a collective Model Contract for translators several decades ago. The contract has been re-negotiated a few times, but it has generally been respected and practiced in almost all...

Increased support for translations of Czech literature

Jun 12, 2017 | Czech Republic

Tags: Czech RepublicThe Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic has increased its support for the publication of Czech literature abroad. The terms of the new Support  Programme  allow for claims of  up to 70% of the total  cost of publishing . Within the...