Open call: Artists’ Residencies in Austria (Deadline 18 September 2017)

Aug 21, 2017 | Austria

Tags: AustriaIn co-operation with KulturKontakt Austria, the Austrian Federal Chancellery is offering 50 artists’ residencies in Austria (Vienna and Salzburg) for the year 2018. Translators must have published at least two literary translations and are only eligible...

Publication of the ‘Report on the economic value of book translation’ in Spain

Aug 4, 2017 | Spain

Tags: SpainACE Traductores (Spain) has presented a Report on the economic value of book translation, prepared by the consulting agency AFI and financed by the Ministry of Culture and CEDRO, the main Spanish Reproduction Rights Centre. Its main objective was to “check,...

Call for applications: grants for the translation and international promotion of Catalan literary and philosophical texts

Aug 3, 2017 | Catalonia

Tags: CataloniaThe Institut Ramon Llull has opened a call for grants for the international promotion and translation of Catalan literature and philosophical texts. Applications for  promotional activities focused on Catalan and Aranese literature should be sent in by...

Literary Translators into Spanish: Joining objectives on both sides of the Atlantic

Jul 31, 2017 | Spain

Tags: SpainOver recent months several national associations of literary translators into Spanish —from Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Spain— have combined  efforts  to improve the working conditions of their Latin American members, as well as to contribute to the...

Call for applications: Residency programme of Prague City of Literature in 2018 (deadline: 31 August 2017)

Jul 26, 2017 | Czech Republic

Tags: Czech RepublicThe project Prague – City of Literature has been offering residential stays for writers and translators since October 2015. There are six residencies available every year, each lasts two months. The residents are reimbursed for a return ticket,...