Turkey: Two detained translators and six other human right defenders have been released, as the court case continues

Jan 6, 2018 | Turkey

Tags: TurkeyIn July 2017, ten human rights defenders from various international organisations who were taking part in a routine training workshop on the island of Büyükada, Istanbul, were arrested. Two of them, İdil Eser and Özlem Dalkıran, also work as translators....

Call for application: Paul Celan fellowships for translators 2018/2019 (deadline: 18 March 2018)

Dec 28, 2017 | Austria

Tags: AustriaThe program supports translations of canonical texts, contemporary key works in the humanities, social sciences and cultural studies from Eastern to Western European languages or vice versa, or between two Eastern European languages. Special emphasis is...

Authors Guild publishes results of a survey on working conditions of U.S. Literary translators

Dec 19, 2017 | United States

Tags: United StatesOn 15 December the Authors Guild, the oldest and largest professional organization for writers in the United States, released results from a survey of U.S. literary translators. The survey, distributed online in April 2017 and conducted in...

Basque association visited Slovenia

Dec 15, 2017 | Basque Country, Slovenia

Tags: Basque Country, SloveniaBuilding on last year’s New Translators programmme, two representatives of EIZIE (Euskal Itzultzaile, Zuzentzaile eta Interpreteen Elkartea, the Association of Translators, Correctors and Interpreters of the Basque...

Swedish Writer’s Union advocates boycott of new contract from Bonnier Publishing Group

Dec 12, 2017 | Sweden

Tags: SwedenThe Swedish Writers’ Union is advising translators in Sweden against entering into agreements with all publishing companies within the Bonnier Publishing Group, Sweden’s largest publisher. Eleven companies have been declared non grata by the Union. This...