Online now: Counterpoint No. 5 – Translators and visibility

Jul 3, 2021 | Contrepoint, Counterpoint

Tags: Contrepoint, CounterpointVisibility 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. Sometimes it is a necessity for the translator to be visible. And...

The 2021 Skjønnlitterære Oversetterfonds prize goes to our former delegate Ika Kaminka

Jun 20, 2021 | Norway

Tags: Norway‘Her translations are playful but always responsive; they reveal a translator who makes independent and vital choices, but at the same time resists the temptation to prettify the text according to her own preferences,’ one jury member said. ‘Literature...

CEATL holds its AGM and elects a new board

May 18, 2021 | AGM, Board, Elections

Tags: AGM, Board, ElectionsThe CEATL AGM took place online for the second year running, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 15th 2021, forty-two delegates from thirty-seven literary translators’ associations gathered virtually to elect a new board, comprising four...

Literature Ireland Summer Translation Workshops 2021

May 3, 2021 | Ireland, Literature Ireland

Tags: Ireland, Literature IrelandLiterature Ireland Summer Translation Workshops for French, German, Italian and Spanish Translators of Irish Literature Have you translated some Irish literature into your language in recent years? Would you now like to fine-tune your...

Implementation of the EU Digital Single Market Directive: flash-survey among our members

Mar 2, 2021 | Europe; European Union;

Tags: Europe; European Union;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...

Total Crackdown of Belarusian Culture in January, 2021

Feb 4, 2021 | Belarus

Tags: BelarusThe Belarusian PEN Report for European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations In Minsk on January 29th 2021 According to the data collected and analyzed by the Belarusian PEN Centre, since August 2020 till the end of the year, the number of...