Remuneration negotiations in Germany abandoned by publishers

Apr 12, 2013 | Germany

Tags: GermanyAlthough remuneration negotiations by the German Association of Translators (VdÜ) with some hardcover publishers were very far advanced, the participating publishers announced to the association a few weeks ago that they will halt further negotiations...

European Translators’ Factory on track

Mar 23, 2013 | Europe

Tags: EuropeThe European Translators’ Factory, an initiative by the translators’ centres in Amsterdam, Arles, Visby and Wernetshausen (Looren) in co-operation with the Kalem Agency in Istanbul and the Dar Al-Mamun Foundation in Marrakech, is now well underway. The...

LAF report on translation statistics in the UK and Ireland

Mar 5, 2013 | Ireland, United Kingdom

Tags: Ireland, United KingdomNew research from Literature Across Frontiers – Publishing Data and Statistics on Translated Literature in the United Kingdom and Ireland – reveals the first ever accurate figures for the number of translated titles published...

Schwob.nl becomes an international network with EU support

Mar 5, 2013 | Europe, Netherlands

Tags: Europe, NetherlandsThe European Union announced today that a subsidy of €200,000, the maximum, has been granted to the Schwob.nl project to enable it to expand into an international network, a European portal for the best unknown books of world literature. The...

Ernst Jünger Translation Competition

Feb 15, 2013 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomAs part of an EU-funded research project, the German Department of the University of Bristol is holding a competition to translate extracts from the travel writings of Ernst Jünger into English. Prize money will be awarded to four entries, with one...

UK Translation Prizes 2013

Feb 6, 2013 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomThe Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes 2012 were awarded on 4 February in a ceremony at King’s Place in London before an audience of 400 people. The John Florio Prize for translation from the Italian – £2,000 awarded biannually –...