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On the International Translation Day, the Czech Literary Centre is organising an online conference to provide Czech and foreign literary translators with inspiration and examples of good practice from other countries …
Salone Internazionale del Libro announces the second edition of the conference “Dall’italiano al mondo”. The project aims at promoting and supporting all foreign translators who give voice to Italian literature …
Bulgaria and Slovenia have both published calls for translation grants whose purpose is to support international publishers in translating and publishing their literature.
The European Council of Literary Translators‘ Associations (CEATL – Conseil européen des associations de traducteurs littéraires) has issued a general report on the state of working conditions among literary translators in Europe. The report is based on a survey that was carried out from May to July 2020.
The results show […]
From its inception, Counterpoint has striven to cover as many languages, regions and cultures as possible. And of course, translation into and out of many combinations of languages. Based on the premise that there are no language boundaries, this issue of Counterpoint continues to cast a wide gaze, this time going as far east as Japan. […]
In 2021-2022, CEATL conducted a survey among its members on the legal situation of literary translators (legal framework, scope and duration of the licensing, respect of the translator’s moral rights, remuneration, transparency) in 27 European countries, representing some 10.000 literary translators.
After 18 months and countless online meetings the EU Commission published Translators on the Cover – Multilingualism and Translation, a report that aims at pointing to ways in which the spread of translated literature […]
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. […]
People everywhere are raising their voices to speak out against the many things that are causing such big problems – climate change, a growing inequality, polarisation, migration, to name a few. The larger community of translators, including literary translators, have not been found wanting in this regard […]
The European Writers’ Council has published its follow-up survey on The Economic Impact of the Covid-19 on Writers and Translators in the European Book Sector 2020-2022. […]
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 […]
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!
The European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations (CEATL), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the European Writers Council (EWC) call on the governments of Europe and the international community to demonstrate firm support for the democracy movement in Belarus […]
CEATL is appalled by the fine imposed on the book shop Líra könyv for selling the book Micsoda család! (What a Family!) written by Lawrence Schimel […]
Visibility for all translators of all genres, and most particularly literary translators, is often a matter of passionate debate, never more so than the present time. […]
The CEATL AGM 2021 took place online for the second year due to the COVID-19 pandemic […]
In the first weeks of December 2020, CEATL Authors’ Rights Working Group, coordinated by Cécile Deniard, conducted a flash-survey among its member associations to gather information about the implementation of the Digital Single Market directive […]
A new issue of Counterpoint is out now! This 4th issue of CEATL’s e-zine for and about literary translators, features a hot topic: machine translation and literature. […]
On 26 November, the 90th birthday of the Belarusian writer Uladzimir Karatkievich, the video reading campaign #freewordsbelarus will be launched on the EWC Daily- Motion-channel. […]
As the EU has started discussing the proposed recovery plan, 99 organisations from across Europe’s cultural and creative sectors are uniting their voices to alert EU leaders.