EWC Survey Results: One Year of Crisis – The Winter of our Discontent

Nov 7, 2021 | Europe, European, European Writers' Council

Tags: Europe, European, European Writers' CouncilThe 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. Already in 2020, the European...

CEATL publishes the first results of its legal survey

Oct 27, 2021 | Europe, legal survey

Tags: Europe, legal surveyBetween 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, the legal framework of...

Europe celebrates International Translation Day 2021

Sep 30, 2021 | Bulgaria, Catalonia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom

Tags: Bulgaria, Catalonia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, United KingdomAfter a very strange 2020, things start going back to normal and, therefore, translators’...

Belarus: Radical Crackdown Against The Free Word

Aug 21, 2021 | Belarus

Tags: BelarusThe 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...

CEATL joins the EWC in support of democracy and human rights in Belarus

Jul 21, 2021 | Belarus

Tags: BelarusOver the past 12 months, an unprecedented wave of searches and detentions has been targeting independent cultural and human rights organizations in Belarus. On 14 July the Directorate ‘Combating Organized Crime and Corruption’ of the Belarusian Ministry...

LGBT rights in Hungary: Letter of support and solidarity in the Micsoda család! case

Jul 14, 2021 | Hungary

Tags: HungaryCEATL 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, illustrated by Elīna Brasliņa and translated by Anna T. Szabó, for failing to note that it contains...