Dutch association starts video campaign to raise awareness of illegal downloading of e-books

Dec 10, 2017 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsThe number of users of e-readers is increasing – a positive development, as it offers opportunities to bring a broader readership into contact with a diverse range of books. But it is also important to consider the negative consequences. E-books are...

Academy for literary translation Antwerp opens its doors in January 2018

Dec 9, 2017 | Belgium, Netherlands

Tags: Belgium, NetherlandsIn January 2018 the Vertalersvakschool Amsterdam (Amsterdam Academy for literary translation) will open an academy in Antwerp in cooperation with Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren (Flemish Literary Fund). The academy starts with a pilot of two...

Former CEATL president Ros Schwartz argues in favour of slow translation

Dec 9, 2017 | World

Tags: WorldThere seems to be a commonly held belief (among translators, publishers, and readers alike) that the more books you translate, the faster you become. But often the opposite is true, because with experience many translators become more alert to linguistic...

STRADE demands state foundation for the support of literary translation and other news from Italy

Dec 3, 2017 | Italy

Tags: ItalyIt has been a busy autumn for the Italian Union of Literary Translators Strade. Starting at the beginning of October, the association was one of the main co-operating partners of the Migrant Literatures Festival in Palermo, Sicily, which hosted a series of...

Macron: we owe translators a lot

Nov 30, 2017 | France

Tags: FranceAt the recent Frankfurt Book Fair, the French president Emmanuel Macron paid homage to the translator’s profession, and announced the creation of a “real” prize in France for translation into French (Note: a number of well regarded translation prizes...