Call for applications: ‘Translate at City’ summer school (London, 26 June – 1 July 2017)

Mar 6, 2017 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomFrom 26 June until 1 July 2017, City, University of London, in conjunction with the Translators Association of the Society of Authors, will organise the fourth literary translation summer school, ‘Translate at City’. The summer school offers the...

CEATL’s Working Group on Visibility presents ‘The Skull Thing’

Feb 4, 2017 | World

Tags: WorldTwenty-one translators’ associations, all members of CEATL, joined forces to create a short video to promote the importance of literary translators. As the 400th anniversary year of William Shakespeare’s death drew to a close, the European Council of...

PETRA-E European network for education and training of literary translators welcomes new members

Jan 20, 2017 | World

Tags: WorldOn 1 January 2017 nine European organisations (British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT), European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations (CEATL), Deutscher Übersetzerfonds, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE),  Expertisecentrum Literair...

New website: KurdîLit – Network for Kurdish literature and publishing in Turkey

Nov 4, 2016 | Turkey

Tags: TurkeyAlthough  Kurdish-language publishing in Turkey has picked up speed, especially in the last ten years, Diyarbakır Arts Center and Lîs Editions noticed that the limited visibility of Kurdish-language literature in Turkey and in the international arena...

CEATL sends letter to Turkish authorities demanding release of Turkish translator Necmiye Alpay

Oct 28, 2016 | Turkey

Tags: TurkeyOn 31 August 2016, Turkish translator, editor, critic, author and linguist Necmiye Alpay (70) was arrested. Alpay is a member of the Turkish Association of Translators (ÇEVBİR), represented in CEATL. Necmiye Alpay has always been a staunch defender of...

Gerardo de Cremona International Translation Award 2016

Oct 24, 2016 | World

Tags: WorldThe Spanish association ACE Traductores has been awarded the 2016 Gerardo de Cremona International Award within the category Institutions from the Northern Shore. For the Southern Shore, the prize has gone to the National Centre for Translation in Egypt....