PEN Ukraine awards three grants for the translation of stories by Oleg Sentsov

Nov 8, 2018 | World

Tags: WorldPEN Ukraine in cooperation with the International Renaissance Foundation announces a competition for the translation of Oleg Sentsov’s book of stories into three foreign languages: English, German, and Polish. The project will be implemented within the...

The Miracle of the Little Prince – Translators in the picture at documentary festival IDFA in Amsterdam

Nov 6, 2018 | Netherlands, World

Tags: Netherlands, WorldThe 30th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) takes place from 15 to 26 November 2018. One of the almost 300 documentaries screened at this festival is about the translator as the preserver of vulnerable...

New CEATL project, Small is Great, takes off – Catalan association organises the pilot seminar

Oct 29, 2018 | Catalonia

Tags: CataloniaThe Catalan Writers’ Association (AELC) just took the first step of the Small is Great project, a new initiative of CEATL’s Working Group on Training and Education. On Wednesday 3 October, AELC organised a roundtable at the Liber book fair in Barcelona....

Call for application: Paul Celan fellowships for translators 2019/2020 (deadline: 28 February 2019)

Oct 28, 2018 | 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...

Call for applications: International meeting for translators of German literature (Berlin / Leipzig, 17-24 March 2019)

Oct 28, 2018 | Germany

Tags: GermanyFrom 17-24 March 2019 Literarisches Colloquium Berlin will host a seminar for professional translators of German literature. With financial support from the Robert Bosch Foundation and the German Translators’ Fund, and in cooperation with the...