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Czech Translators of the North, a professional organization associating literary translators from Nordic languages into Czech, is organizing the international conference Northern Wind of Change: Improving the working conditions of literary translators […]
Swedish literary translators facing different contracts with different publishers. Union negotiates to get fair conditions in new contract models. […]
We proudly present the Companion for Literary Translators’ Associations (https://companion.ceatl.eu/), an online platform aimed at translator communities looking for advice, encouragement or simply inspiration. […]
Last Friday, January 14th, the Deutscher Übersetzerfonds celebrated the launch of the new website Babelwerk, a new digital platform hosting all kinds of information and current debates on literary translation […]
It is the chief task of the Swiss writers’ and translators’ association A*dS to stand up for the rights of its members and the improvement of their living and working situations. Compensation for work done […]
Between May and July 2021, CEATL conducted a survey among its member associations about the legal and contractual situation of literary translators.
The first results of the survey show that, in most European countries […]
To coincide with International Translation Day, the author Mark Haddon and the translator and author Jennifer Croft have launched the #TranslatorsOnTheCover campaign, in collaboration with the UK Society of Authors, for translators to be routinely credited on book covers. […]
After a very strange 2020, things start going back to normal and, therefore translators’ associations all over Europe organise a variety of festive events to celebrate International Translation Day 2021. Do come and join us!
This innovative system will allow exchanges between pairs of translators from and to Catalan with the aim of working towards a qualitative improvement in translations from Catalan to other languages. […]
At present, many events cannot be physically organised. Some are being transferred to the digital space. There may be a lack of experience and knowledge to carry out a digital event as coherently as possible. […]
The Bastian Prize 2020 for Translated Literature Into Norwegian was announced on October 1st on the occasion of International Translation Day. […]
For International Translation Day, the Polish Literary Translators’Association together with EUNIC Warszawa, the European Commision and theCity Culture Institute have prepared a multimedia
online exhibition entitled “Portraits of Translation” […]
At Frankfurt International Book Fair, translators were paid a homage by the Norwegian writer Erika Fatland, who said that “Translators, who are often ignored, are the heroes of literature that I deal with every day.” […]
BEPS, the Belgrade International Gathering of Literary Translators, was held for the 44th time on October 17th – 19th. In recent years, this event has mainly been oriented towards literary translators from regional languages (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin). […]
A spontaneous campaign started on Twitter last Tuesday 4th of June with the hashtag #MalpasoPagaYa (Malpaso, pay now) in support of translators affected by the non-payment of the Spanish publishing house Malpaso Ediciones. […]