CEATL joins the EWC in support of democracy and human rights in 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
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...
Online now: Counterpoint No. 5 – Translators and visibility
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
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...