‘Words Travel Worlds’, winner of CEATL’s third international video contest ‘Spot the translator’

Sep 22, 2014 | World

Tags: World‘Portraits of Literary Translators’ was the topic chosen by CEATL for the 2014 international video contest ‘Spot the Translator’, now in its third year. The contest invites artists to help make translators more visible by creating...

Dutch translator Hans Boland refuses the Pushkin medal

Sep 17, 2014 | Netherlands, Russia

Tags: Netherlands, RussiaHans Boland, a Dutch translator of Russian literature, has refused to accept Russia’s Pushkin Medal because of his objections to President Vladimir Putin as a ‘very great danger to freedom and peace on our planet’. Established in...

Third CEATL video contest to promote the visibility of literary translators

Jul 2, 2014 | World

Tags: WorldFor the third year running, CEATL is organizing an international contest for video artists to find sparky videos promoting the visibility of literary translators. The contest is now open, and videos received before 1 September 2014 will be forwarded by...

Literary Translators’ Visibility in The Netherlands: Vertaalslag 2014

Apr 18, 2014 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsOn Monday 3 March the literary translators’ division of the Dutch Authors’ Guild (VvL), in cooperation with the Foundation for Literary Activities Amsterdam (SLAA), hosted its annual discussion evening  on translation, ‘Vertaalslag’. This year’s theme...

Translators Bliss Tour 2014 (April-May 2014, The Netherlands)

Mar 30, 2014 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsIn April & May 2014 the fourth edition of the Translators Bliss Tour (‘Vertalersgeluktournee’) will take place in The Netherlands. The tour offers readers and literature lovers the opportunity to enter into a dialogue with translators on their...