Call for applications: Residential program in Prague and Brno

Sep 30, 2017 | Czech Republic

Tags: Czech RepublicTranslators from Czech are invited to visit the Czech Republic in the spring again. The Czech Literary Centre offers residential stays in Prague or Brno lasting up to 4 weeks. Translators in residence have a chance to meet their authors, get...

Danish language in focus on International Translation Day 2017

Sep 30, 2017 | Denmark

Tags: DenmarkOn 30 September, to celebrate International Translation Day 2017, the Danish Translators’ Association is hosting a conference in Copenhagen on the topic ´Nuances in Danish: Renewal and/or Impoverishment´. The event will include a translators’...

German translators started St Jerome’s week in Hamburg

Sep 26, 2017 | Germany

Tags: GermanyGerman St-Jerome’s-Week – German ‘St Jerome’s Week ‘ – started in Hamburg on the evening of 25 September, when a therapy group of anonymous translators outed themselves as addicted to lobster, beauty, blood,...

15th edition of ‘Days of Literary Translation’ (29 September – 1 October 2017, Rome, Italy)

Sep 25, 2017 | Italy

Tags: ItalyThe 15th Giornate della Traduzione Letteraria (‘Days of Literary Translation’) will take place at Link Campus University of Rome, Italy, from 29 September to 1 October 2017. This year’s symposium, organized by Stefano Arduini and...

Two translators among arrested human rights defenders in Istanbul

Sep 22, 2017 | Turkey

Tags: TurkeyOn 5 July 2017, ten human rights defenders from various international organisations who took part in a workshop on the island of Büyükada, Istanbul, were arrested. Two of them, İdil Eser and Özlem Dalkıran, also work as translators. Both are members of the...