ESLT Summer School 2018 ‘Training the Teacher of Literary Translation’ (Rome, 11-14 September 2018)

Apr 6, 2018 | Europe

Tags: EuropeFrom 11 – 14 September 2018 the European School of Literary Translation will organise its second Summer school. The Summer school, which will take place at Link Campus University, will bring together 20 translators and educators from across Europe  and is...

Italian Translators’ Association STRADE addresses AmazonCrossing with an open letter

Apr 6, 2018 | Italy

Tags: ItalyA panel on how to become a literary translator, organised by Amazon Publishing on 10 March 2018 within the Milan book fair ‘Tempo di Libri’, was the occasion for Italian translators’ associations to follow up on a dialogue with AmazonCrossing about their...

Positive note in Dutch Cultural Policy 2018 – 2021

Mar 28, 2018 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsOn 12 March 2018, the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Ingrid van Engelshoven, presented the Cultural Policy for 2018 to 2021. Two positive points stand out: after years of austerity, the government will start making investments in...

Negotiations on new contract follow successful talks between the Swedish Writers’ Union and the Bonnier Publishing Group

Mar 26, 2018 | Sweden

Tags: SwedenIn late November last year the Translators’ section of the Swedish Writers’ Union recommended its members to not sign any new deals with the Bonnier Group. The Swedish Standard Contract was cancelled last summer and in late autumn Bonnier had presented a...

Three cases of plagiarism in Bulgaria

Mar 23, 2018 | Bulgaria

Tags: BulgariaIn the past year the Bulgarian Translators’ Union (BTU) has dealt with a number of cases of translation plagiarism. Last March Prof. Ana Dimova, literary translator and BTU member, published an article entitled The (Un)known Joseph Roth: Translation or...