PEN Mourns Loss of Distinguished Translator and Philanthropist Michael Henry Heim

Oct 30, 2012 | World

Tags: WorldAt the beginning of October, PEN American Center announced that the recently deceased Michael Henry Heim, 69, one of the world’s greatest translators and Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at U.C.L.A, was the ‘anonymous donor’ who...

German-Italian translation workshop ‘Viceversa’ (Looren, 6-13 February 2013)

Oct 30, 2012 | Germany, Italy

Tags: Germany, ItalyStrade is among the sponsors of the sixth German-Italian translation workshop ‘Viceversa’, which will take place between February 6th and 13th 2012 at Translation House Looren, Switzerland. The workshop is promoted by the ViceVersa Program...

PETRA Recommendations published

Oct 23, 2012 | Europe

Tags: EuropeFrom 1 to 3 December 2011 almost 70 organisations, all active in the field of literary translation, gathered in Brussels for the first PETRA congress. These organisations, based in 34 European countries (EU member states and neighbouring countries),...

Results of survey on university curricula for literary translators have been published

Oct 21, 2012 | Europe

Tags: EuropeIn 2009 CEATL formed a working group on the ‘education of literary translators’. Its aim was to collect data on the education of literary translators, on a national and a European level, and to make these available to everyone interested. The working group...

Seminar ‘Teaching literary translation?’ (Rome, 22-23 October 2012)

Oct 15, 2012 | Italy

Tags: ItalyDuring a recent congress organized by PETRA (Plateforme Européenne pour la Traduction Littéraire) and the working group for training and education within CEATL, the importance of literary translators’ training was highlighted. The seminar ‘Teaching literary...

Irena Aleksaitė and Georgij Jefremov awarded with Lithuanian St. Jerome Prizes

Oct 15, 2012 | Lithuania

Tags: LithuaniaOn October 8, 2012 the Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators, in line with tradition, organized its International Translation Day Festival and its St. Jerome Prizes award ceremony. The St. Jerome Prize for the translation of foreign literature...