Czech translators of Nordic languages set up independent professional assocation

Mar 20, 2019 | Czech Republic

Tags: Czech RepublicCzech translators of the Nordic languages have founded an independent professional association: Překladatelé Severu (Czech Translators of the North). Its aim is to improve translators’ pay and working conditions, disseminate information about...

Call for applications: European School of Literary Translation (Deadline: 15 April 2019)

Mar 20, 2019 | Europe

Tags: EuropeThe third annual ESLT Summer School to be held from 10- 13 September 2019 in Rome, will bring together around 20 translators and educators from across Europe who are passionate about teaching literary translation. Founded in 2017, the European School of...

Susanna Roth Translators Award 2019 – Call for Entries

Mar 15, 2019 | Czech Republic

Tags: Czech RepublicCzech Centres and the Literary Section of the Arts and Theatre Institute (ATI), Prague, announce the 5th year of the International Competition for Young Translators – The Susanna Roth Prize, named after the celebrated Swiss translator Susanna Roth...

EACEA publishes selection results of the support to literary translation projects 2018

Feb 18, 2019 | Europe

Tags: EuropeThe main objectives of the support for literary translation projects, granted by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Union, were to support cultural and linguistic diversity; to strengthen the transnational...

Applications open for ‘Warwick Translates’ (6-10 July 2019)

Feb 15, 2019 | United Kingdom

Tags: United Kingdom‘Warwick Translates’ is the first literary translation summer school to be held at the University of Warwick (UK). It offers the opportunity to translate texts across the literary genres into English, working with leading professional translators....

Global streaming premiere of documentary ‘Dreaming Murakami’

Jan 19, 2019 | Denmark

Tags: DenmarkToday at 19:00 (CET) the documentary Dreaming Murakami has its global streaming premiere. The movie follows Danish Murakami-translator Mette Holm in her quest for the perfect translation of the Japanese author’s debut novel Hear the Wind Sing, and...